2021 Hallmark Movie Information / Reviews / Suggestions

This was fantastic. Thank you. I really enjoyed it and would love a sequel.

I liked that movie too. I think the HMM movies have been better than the regular movies this year.

walking into the thread as an alicia witt fan who loves the dumb faces she makes





AND THEY CLAIMED SHE WAS TYPE-A. I MEAN.... W H A T? you know something like this would be VERY VERY IMPORTANT to your partner-to-be and you're like ~~yolo~~ i'm buying a house and we're moving the wedding without telling her even after she's had terrible shit happen to her surrounding her bags and wedding dress she definitely spent a zillion dollars on!

I know, right? Once my dad bought my step mother a new car without consulting her and she was furious. Same for a work colleague. Where do they get off thinking they know what's best for their partners? Not to mention if you're married/defacto you are spending joint funds without discussing it!!! I would flip-out if my husband bought property without my full knowledge and support.

Would love to have more recommendations for movies I can watch on Hallmark NOW or Frndly.

Many on the list are not available.

Have watched few before so previous years are ok.

blemon

use the website (its easier imo) and the search function on frndly to see when things are gonna be on and hit record if you're doing the 7.99 offer with recordability. I think it goes out a week or two? So check back every few days to search for specific ones.

Ah, noooo everything's in the cloud! I think the extra $3 is worth it for that alone, I don't even care about HD or 2 screens. You can look at the guide and go back to record things that have since passed, too. That way you can watch them anytime you want and not only within the 3 day limit they're still "available".

The only limitation it really has is not being able to watch something currently live if it surpasses an hour behind, and having to wait 30 minutes to watch something that just finished even if you recorded it. Otherwise for these dumb movies I think it's 1000% worth it.

Silent Night! Watched last night and really enjoyed it. It has a couple of tense scenes, but definitely a black comedy. I want to watch it again with subtitles (it’s UK English) as Matthew Goode is a bit mumbly and hard to understand in a couple scenes.

Father Christmas is Back is getting a big fat no from me. Sorry, I know others in this thread liked it but it's a an all-around miss as far as I'm concerned. I refuse to believe a father popping back up all of a sudden 27 years after abandoning his daugthers would be welcomed back into the fold like that. It doesn't make any sense as a child whose father left. And spoiler alert, sending money to the mother to pay for tuition or weddings doesn't make up for the physical and emotional absence. 

The caricatural portrayal of the characters and their relationships wore me out very quickly. They even play the slapsticky music and sound effects. It's extremely over the top. Nobody is likable or particularly relatable. Any attempt at realism is out the window and then some. *cough Felix trying to win back his own car cough* *cough James's 100% American accent cough* AND SO MUCH MORE! I'm outta coughs to list them all. 


Anyway, not sure what went through Netflix's head financing this. Or making this. You can even see a masked person at 01:05:56 which I assume is a crew person who somehow made it accidentally on screen. Hawt mess. 

TCM shows most of them, I know Christmas in Connecticut was on today, I know they showed Shop Around the Corner already, but pretty sure they show it more then once. They have not shown Holiday Affair yet that I have seen.

Those are my 3 favs from that list.

I am going to see Thin Man on Thursday at my local theater.

We tried watching this last night. Ejected after 10 minutes and didn’t look back! I’m glad we didn’t stick it out because it sounds like a garbage movie.

Funny you should post that, I was coming here to say that DH and I caught an old 1940's movie on Prime - Love Affair - with Janet Leigh and Gregory Peck yesterday and we really enjoyed it!

Prime has a bunch of these oldies, we'll likely watch more.

You definitely don't have to be acquainted with the video game series to get into the Netflix show, fear not. It's obviously fantasy and has some incredible fight scenes. A very thrilling and captivating world of magic, power, politics and castes. Henry Cavill is a bit of a geek himself and a big fan of the Witcher games so he captures Geralt perfectly. I can only recommend.

I liked The Eight Gifts of Hanukkah. It was nice to have a Hanukkah themed movie that wasn't all explain-y. They just did their thing. In a Christmas themed movie, you don't see characters explaining the symbolism of a carol, they just sing it. So I liked that this movie treated the Hanukkah traditions the same way, for the most part. I also enjoyed all the characters, which is rare for me. Usually there is some annoying supporting character that sticks out like a sore thumb. And the houses were so pretty!
We figured out the "mystery" pretty quick, and the ending was super abrupt, but I think those are my only complaints.