A Christmas Duet premiered on Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas on November 25th and stars Chaley Rose (Averie) and Rome Flynn (Jesse).
RATING (out of 5): 🎄🎄
General Movie Details: Averie and Jesse used to be a chart topping singing duo but they drifted apart. Averie is now living is a small town and running the Blue Spruce Inn. Jesse is still playing music and touring as a small time solo act. What happens when the life paths of these two converge at her little inn right in the lead up to the Yuletide Festival.
Re-Meet Cute Moment: Jesse was booked to stay at the Blue Spruce Inn and runs into Averie and to his surprise she is the proprietor of the inn. It is your typical romantically awkward moment.
Obligatory moment of snark/personal rant: The premise was a bit different than some of the other music related movies and the cast was pointedly more diverse than other movies so I was hopeful. While the movie wasn't bad, it was just okay. The plot seemed to be cluttered with the festivities and the inn review that I just didn't feel like there was much room for character exploration. The abbreviated time frame of 6 days until the Yuletide Festival also make it difficult to expect to see much other than your basic running around plot. Beyond the ridiculous time frame there are other unbelievable plot devices at work, such as the dwindled festival budget, the implication that there were no materials that could be salvaged after the flood and the idea that there was a storm raging somewhere off screen that seemed to be stranding many of the characters (either at the inn or unable to get to the inn). One thing that my viewing partner and I did enjoy was the performance of Chaley Rose so we hope to see her again with better material or a different co-star.
Hallmark Movie Connection: Chaley Rose and Rome Flynn are both making their Hallmark movie premiere. They may both be familiar as they both have been supporting cast members of popular TV series in the past. One performer that my viewing partner spotted and repeatedly mentioned was Reese Alexander as Averie's dad. Reese Alexander was recognized as the Tourney coach from Disney's Descendants movie from 2015. Proof positive that every performance is an opportunity to connect with the audience.
Let me know if you really bought into the character transformation and the movie's conclusion.
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