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All I Need for Christmas

2024

Action / Comedy / Romance

11
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 803 803

Plot summary

Struggling singer/songwriter Maggie is worried she's unable to compete with such a tech-savvy world. Upon returning home to help her parents on their farm, she meets Archer, "an entrepreneur who has come back to town to spend the holidays alone."

Director

David I. Strasser Photo
David I. Strasser

Top cast

Dan Jeannotte Photo
Dan Jeannotte as Archer Donovan
Veronica Long Photo
Veronica Long as Clara
Mallory Jansen Photo
Mallory Jansen as Maggie McKenzie
Emily Tennant Photo
Emily Tennant as Piper
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773.07 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.55 GB
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English 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Avidviewer-02847 7 / 10

Doubtful at the beginning, but it got better.

I watched the first 10 minutes of the film and almost flipped to a different movie. I wasn't familiar with Mallory Jansen (female lead) and I'd seen Dan Jeannotte (male lead) in other films and his acting wasn't great. And "app creators" are a totally over used job in Hallmark films, their writers are obsessed with them. Get real writers, all Americans aren't working in tech creating apps.I stayed with the movie and once Dan Jeannotte's character Archer traveled to Vermont for the holidays, the movie started getting better. Dan Jeannotte's acting was better in this movie than others I've seen him in, definitely better than Mallory Jansen the female lead. The supporting cast was good and it had a good ending.
Reviewed by mbiv777 7 / 10

I liked it

This is actually not far from being a really good movie. The script got a little wonky here and there, but for the most part, I really enjoyed it.I particularly enjoyed the performances of Dan Jeanette as Archer, and Mike Dopud as Ed, both new faces to me.The story centers around a singer, Mallory Jensen as Maggie, who is having trouble making headway in her career. Her manager suggests utilizing newfangled technology to create new music, to which she reacts angrily.Retreating to her family Christmas tree farm, she encounters Archer who is trying to recreate the one happy Christmas he can recall. Unfortunately, he is a bigwig at the very technology company Maggie despises.Archer is also trying to escape an extremely adversarial relationship with his sister, Emily Tennant as Piper (as a redhead no less).It's an interesting plot, in that virtually every character needs help, and is able to offer help to each other in various ways.Excellent supporting cast. I would particularly commend the performance of Veronica Long as Clara, who was so good as Mariah, the sweetheart actress in Lights, Camera, Christmas a couple years ago.I have mentioned before that I am a retired musician, and I always appreciate it when I see an actor performing music for real. Kudos to Mallory Jensen for that.Seven.
Reviewed by Jzsimdb 8 / 10

Surprisingly good

I've never been a bib fan of Hallmark's music themed movies- the music is usually pretty weak and pretty country. In addition, this has been a disappointing holiday movie season so I wasn't expecting much. What a pleasant surprise.While the music still isn't great, it isn't a distraction and provides a framework for one of the underlying conflicts. Mallory Jansen has a always been a favorite and have to say this is Dan Jeannotte at his best- the most relatable believable I've seen him. In fact, the whole cast is great and (for a change this season) the important sibling relationship was given the attention it deserved as an intrinsic part of the story.It was so nice to find a movie in this year's batch that didn't feel rushed, abbreviated or cynical. Just a pleasant, not flashy Christmas movie. I think most people will really enjoy it as I did.
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