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Mistletoe Connection

2023

Drama / Romance

5
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 383 383

holiday christmas

Plot summary

Its Christmas and Kate runs a nostalgic gift store shop in neighborhood that has just been slated for redevelopment A chance encounter on the bus with Mark sets off sparks for them both.

Director

David I. Strasser Photo
David I. Strasser

Top cast

Jessica Sipos Photo
Jessica Sipos as Kate Snow
Markian Tarasiuk Photo
Markian Tarasiuk as Mark Goodwin
James Cousineau Photo
James Cousineau as Security Guard
Chloe McKinnon Photo
Chloe McKinnon as Little Girl
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808.04 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 8
1.46 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by educatingben 10 / 10

A wonderful Holiday love story

I am not one for Christmas movies, but this has to be one of the best Christmas stories I have ever seen. From the moment the movie begins, it is already good. You are immediately taken right into the story. The acting is superb. The movie is perfectly cast. The main character, Kate is a well-rounded character that seems familiar, and the male lead is extremely humble but good looking. You can feel the chemistry between them. Not only that, the side characters are also very well cast and well rounded. The relationship between the best friend, Josie, and Paul, the musician is also very realistic and sweet. I must say that I felt emotional through most of the story. It is very realistic, and everyone can relate to it. We all love a "Christmas miracle".
Reviewed by MickyG333 8 / 10

Soulmates meet on a bus

8.1 stars.I really like this film because the leads have great chemistry. The story has been done and done, but I don't get bored of a standard theme as long as there is chemistry and charisma. She owns a shop, he works for a real estate tycoon. He is in charge of buying out all the businesses on the block, including hers, and she is fighting back. Inevitably, this causes friction in their relationship.From the start when they meet on the bus it's magic. That scene is a bit too sappy for someone who hasn't felt or experienced unadulterated connection with another person. Most of us will experience this at least once in our lives, when you meet them, and it feels like fate, a once in a lifetime moment with your "person". For 99% of us, that moment fades and the hope of them being "the one" also fades with it.The rest of this review is personal, a note to self, so feel free to move on.Let's be real, love is a numbers game. You have to find love by bowling through the numbers, the insurmountable person after person, on and on until you land on the right one. Some people get lucky, they meet that one person and it's the first time and it lasts forever. For most of us that person is not the first or second, but maybe the third is the charm. Maybe it's the 15th, or the 20th. For me, I really don't know. I think I met my "soulmate" when I was 12. It didn't work out, obviously, and for all the logical reasons. We were too young, she moved to California, I stayed in WA State, we had no choice, we were pre-teens. We wrote each other for 2 years and she came back to visit. Things were different, I hit puberty, I was a wreck, she seemed too adult and experienced, I was intimidated, it was weird. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I am a cynic when it comes to love at first sight, which is why I said above that love is a numbers game.Recipe #1 for finding your soulmate: fix yourself, improve, be the best you can be, become your best self. Rule #2, don't change who you are, be yourself and true to yourself, stand for what you believe. #3: be on the lookout for "the one" and when you find him/her, refer to rules 1 and 2. Why haven't the rules worked for me? Because I didn't follow them, plain and simple. You will likely never find a soulmate if you aren't your best and real self first, because how can you be "the one" for them, if you are not "the one" for you? I've waxed philosophical here, don't know why. Take it or leave it and sorry for the waste of time, but it's a good bit of advice for myself and maybe it will light a fire under me for once (and you too, if you're still here).
Reviewed by allmoviesfan 8 / 10

Wonderful - Jessica Siposs is a delight.

What a lovely Christmas film.Jessica Siposs of 'Chesapeake Shores' fame is an absolute delight playing Kate Snow.'Mistletoe Connection' might be Siposs' finest hour, and it is definutely UPTV's best Christmas movie since Siposs starred with Stephen Huszar in the heart-warming 'Mistletoe Magic' which is one of my favourites. (Clearly, if UPTV wants a hit movie, they need a film with Mistletoe in the title and have Jessica Siposs star in it.)The story has been done before: store owner (of an old-timey gift shop) gets the bad news that her store is going to be razed for a new development, and ends up falling in love with the businessman who is in charge of said development. But it has not often been done as well as it is here.Whilst the broad strokes of the movie is far from original, the cast make it work. Siposs is wonderful and her chemistry with Markian Tarasiuk. Who plays the developer Mark, is off the charts. Every scene they are in together is brilliant.The costumes, the music, the acting, the heartwarming moments. It's all there, and it hits you RIGHT in the feels. Bonus points for mentioning Boxing Day, which doesn't happen often in these North American movies.Here's hoping there are many more Jessica Siposs Christmas movies in coming years.
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