Coming Home for Christmas - Holiday movie Musings

Now we’re on to Coming Home for Christmas (not to be confused with the 2017 movie “Coming Home for Christmas” starring Danica McKellar). Like the last movie I reviewed—The Christmas Lodge—this 2013 movie was produced by another dead painter’s company, this time Norman Rockwell. The co-producer is the same company, Nasser Productions, and was also shot in British Columbia but set in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon this time). So it’s unsurprising it came up as recommended after watching The Christmas Lodge. Starring Amy Jo Johnson, who I know from way back on Felicity. And a dude I know from the Netflix series Virgin River. And that chick I know as Reggie from Dead Like Me. Looking up the cast just now, looks like they went to a country music awards and picked up a bunch of singer songwriters as their actors.

First impressions: that is a lot of very rich, unhappy white women. Some in bad partnerships, and some apparently sabotaging them for no reason I can tell. Cute puppy, though.

Second impressions: Reggie reminds me of Lennon Stella from Nashville. And she even sings like her.

Ultimately, it was a’ight. I couldn’t quite relate to the mom obsessed with their old home, and the general ennui and lack of any meaningful communication between family members over the incident in the opening scenes. Knowing there are so many other better holiday movies out there, I’m just gonna say nah to this one. It’s not bad, it’s just...so forgettable for me.