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SoTrumpBelieve Must See Movie...

Steineded How sad is this?

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

mike-64007 This movie places an importance on family over career, and apparently that's controversial and offensive nowadays. This movie was a little dull, but overall a great family movie. I was actually surprised that a movie describes 'being a mom' as more important than financial success. As far as everyone calling this sexist, the husband and wife both sacrifice a high end lifestyle for their family. The parents are great with their kids, overall a loving family. (Spoiler) I also liked that she couldn't 'undo' her decisions, but was just given the choice to change her future instead of her past. Honestly I think the show would've been a bit better if she took the job and was able to have a successful career and a family, there are many amazing people who can do both, and it's very admirable. But I don't think it's 'bad' that she only chose her family and gave up the career, since being a good parent is the most important job imo. it just would have been a better story if she had both

aholland-12533 Another Hallmark film pandering to women who stay-at-home, have children, and forgo a career.This leading lady realizes a life of car pooling & baking cookies is better than her high profile, profitable career in the big city. It's the sleek metropolitan life versus quaint suburbia once again, as Hallmark regurgitates it's sexist ideas in Christmas colors.Why not make a movie where a woman is changing diapers, arguing with kids about video games, and grounding her teenager from using the car and then she wishes away her family and children? Lest we forget that a woman can never live a life of peace and fulfillment without a husband and kids, right Hallmark?This poor female lead was separating the flakes and raisins out of her two daughter's cereal bowls each morning and everyone in the family, including the husband, expected her to do it and acted like it was normal....and THAT was the preferred life for her!Very disappointing.

lauralmarie I seem to say "It could have been good" about so many movies these days, especially Hallmark movies. Before I get started on my rant on all that was wrong with this one I have to say that I think a lot of people who bashed this movie (for different reasons than me) misinterpreted the message intended. It wasn't saying women shouldn't have a career and family, it was about being so immersed in your career that you lose sight of everything else. She didn't even give herself a chance to possibly find love and have a family yet she definitely felt lacking in her current life despite her huge success. In her alternate what-if life where she's been married for awhile with two kids but no career at all, many reviewers criticize her husband for making her feel guilty about wanting to start a career but in reality he came through for her and said they would make it work...he obviously loved her deeply and put her needs above the needs of the family. The problem I had with this movie is that it didn't make sense, had no realism at all, and I'm not referring to the magic santa part. She was unconsciously wondering what it would have been like had she married her boyfriend who she had left many years before in order to start an internship with the intention of coming back within a year. They never go into what happened, why the relationship ended, instead of him logically moving to be with her since he wanted to be an author, and the job he ended up with could be done anywhere. It doesn't make sense that they would be out of touch for so many years. They didn't portray him as the type of guy who would give up the love of his life so easily. Then her alternate life goes to the opposite extreme. There is no way she would have abandoned her career goals to have two children and be a stay at home mom, that wasn't who she was portrayed to be in the movie. It wouldn't have been all or nothing. Another thing that bothered me a lot was how they wrote her kids as such brats! They actually sat there expecting her to separate things out of their cereal that they didn't like, really? They have perfectly functioning fingers. They just sat there and glumly looked at her while she did it and didn't even say thank you. They completely had that entitlement attitude. Then when they tell her she has to bring cookies as a snack to some event, they freak out and yell at her because she bought them at a store and were supposed to be home made. That was SO stupid, kids wouldn't care that they were bought at a store. They were trying to make certain points in this movie to show how out of her element she was in her what-if life, but they completely failed. They spent a lot of time on her neighbor's character and the developing relationship between the two women, then at the end nothing was done indicating they would even meet again so what was the purpose of the focus on the neighbor?Needless to say the end was ridiculous and just just added further aggravation for me. I wish I could unwatch it, unless I could be the magic santa and do the what-if thing and fix everything that was wrong with it, then it would have been a decent movie.

LtlHippo Has to be my least favorite Hallmark movie ever. The best thing about this movie is that Candace Cameron Bure wasn't in it. So tired of seeing her in so many Hallmark movies, I can't keep her characters straight. But back to this movie, talk about an husband who doesn't support his wife. Didn't see any chemistry between husband and wife. Kids were cute enough. Would have liked to see a bigger supporting cast, friends that were fun to be around. I would love to see more movies with Alicia Witt in them. Someone mentioned having a Hallmark Christmas movie channel and I'd love that. And does everyone have to have 10 lines in their reviews? I've see many reviews with a lot less.