The photography is not drab or gaudy, and while it is not showy as such it isn't too static. It looks good, Hallmark always delivers on the scenery which always looks lovely regardless of any authenticity.
The supporting cast are also solid and make a lot of effort making on paper cliched characters interesting and like real people and not like flat caricatures. It is graced by an immensely likeable Brendan Penny, who doesn't make his character too perfect or overplay his weaknesses. Am going to start with the good things, as 'Magical Christmas Ornaments' is not a complete humbug. 'Magical Christmas Ornaments' is one of the just about watchable in between films of theirs, while not really living up to its absolutely lovely name that really grabbed my attention. There are definitely worse Christmas films from Hallmark, as it is not in the mediocre at best or dud category, but there are also better as it is not quite surprisingly good level or particularly good. 'Magical Christmas Ornaments' is neither one of the hits or one of the misses. Seeing as Hallmark's Christmas offerings are so hit and miss and the overall quality very inconsistent. Despite giving 'Magical Christmas Ornaments' a mixed rating and am going to give it a fairly lukewarm review, it did have some potential even if expectations weren't entirely high. Reviews mostly written at 2AM.Have actually seen a fair share of Hallmark Christmas films that have been surprisingly good and more, so they are absolutely capable of having a good film in them, hence why they keep getting watched by me. Now I mostly write about Hallmark movies. I started this blog to vent about lousy, sexist Hong Kong movies.
I almost want to leave the poor woman in peace so she can ride out the holidays however she wants, whether it’s with or without a Christmas tree.Ĭast: Jessica Lowndes, Brendan Penny, Farah Merani, Stephen Huszar, Judah Katz, Tim Matheson That’s understandable, but that also makes her a bit of a drag. Her boss has her on the cookbook beat when what she really wants and is good at is fiction. She’s aggressively pessimistic, not just about the season but about her career rut. The script has her playing skeptic, although it should find ways to make her a bit more sympathetic. Since I’m not really into magical anything to begin with, Marie’s already lost me with her theory.
CAST OF HALLMARK MAGICAL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS MOVIE
There is no magic, but you can’t call a movie Christmas Ornament Coincidences, so here we are. If you’re thinking, that’s not really magic, that’s just a coincidence, you are right. A tiny pair of felt skates, for example, leads to a skating date with Nate, and a shimmering treasure chest turns out to be the subject of a new children’s book she’s editing. Each one foretells something that happens later that day. She thinks her mom’s ornaments are sending her a message, and people make all sorts of dumb decisions when they think a Hallmark keepsake has special powers. Marie’s got her mind on other things though.
What more could you ask for? If I were Marie, I’d start making plans to sublease my flat instead of fretting over how this nice guy’s going to ditch me. He’s also a cutie pediatric nurse, which is perfect because when he’s not helping Marie with her publishing company’s charity toy drive, he’s helping sick kiddos. She doesn’t even have a tree for the ornaments her mother sends every day.Įnter the neighbor, Nate (Brendan Penny), a Florida transplant who loves Christmas and won’t tolerate Marie’s treeless nonsense. That and the Frank Sinatra Christmas music her neighbor plays on blast. Now, the most festive thing in her New York City flat is the ambient Christmas lighting that shines through her window.
She hasn’t felt the Christmas spirit since breaking up with her ex over the holidays years ago. Marie (Jessica Lowndes) is the Scrooge of this story. No, Magical Christmas Ornaments is just another Hallmark movie about a “magical” that brings a couple together and shows at least one of them the true meaning of Christmas. In my sleep-deprived state, I was thinking this might be a movie about ornaments that come to life at night, à la Toy Story, which would be amazing because if my mismatched box of ornaments is anything to go by, there’d be some great commentary on culture, consumerism, and class.
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