Navigating Christmas

2023

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67%
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1434 1.4K

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Plot summary

Recently divorced Melanie brings her son to a remote island for Christmas, where she connects with a lighthouse owner.

Director

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Peter Benson

Top cast

Lochlyn Munro Photo
Lochlyn Munro as Ray Schultz
Chelsea Hobbs Photo
Chelsea Hobbs as Melanie
Stephen Huszar Photo
Stephen Huszar as Peter
Katherine Haysbert Photo
Katherine Haysbert as Claire
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MickyG333 7 / 10

A dude and his lighthouse

7.4 stars.This is about a career driven woman who is recently divorced and her son who is not a happy teenager at the moment. His father cancels a snowboarding excursion with him over the holidays, so he's stuck with his mom. She is not happy that the dad canceled, so she has to come up with something last minute. They are not getting along very well, so the holidays may be a struggle and they end up staying at a lighthouse that people book for a different sort of getaway, something new and exciting. They don't realize what they've gotten themselves into. The owner is a bah humbug man, but he's got a good heart and both she and her son very much like him. The son also meets the mayor's daughter and they have a nice little teenage romance. Of course mom and lighthouse guy are the main romance.There are some inconsistencies and production problems. The script is either faulty, or they had to limit the scenes due to runtime. Either way, some fell a bit flat, but overall it's a good film.
Reviewed by allmoviesfan 6 / 10

Christmas in a lighthouse

Full marks to Hallmark for the originality in their 2023 Christmas movies.Stephen Huszar bounces back after his uneven performance in 'A Royal Christmas Crush', playing a lighthouse owner named Peter who rents his property out to guests who, aside from sleeping there, get to help carry out the duties of the lighthouse.That's where Melanie (Chelsea Hobbs) goes with her son Jason (Everett Andres) when her ex-husband cancels his Christmas plans with Jason at the very last minute. I bet you can guess what happens between Melanie and Peter...Some of the old Hallmark Christmas tropes appear, but even those scenes are refreshing.I enjoyed the mother-son relationship between Melanie and Jason and the way Jason bonded with Huszar's Peter.
Reviewed by mblake-62426 4 / 10

This was tough to watch.

I did not like this actress as a mom. Part of the problem is the script. At the beginning she suddenly yells at her teenager that it's a bed time? Like he's 2? Are you kidding me? Why don't you just bend him over your lap and spank him while you're at it?She's not a good actress at all. Not very pleasant to watch. Problem could be the script again.The meet cute was terrible.I did like how neither of them seem to wanted to decorate for Christmas at first. While the Scrooge spirit is not appealing to me, it is realistic and a change of pace for Hallmark.The kid's not a great actor either, but it's okay. He's young.Stephen Huszar is not likable in this movie. I don't know what it is.If the teenagers are going to be a secondary romance, they need to be better actors.Same ole story. Yawn. Neither of them has enjoyed the holidays as much as this year with each other.I can't decide if I like their first kiss or not. I kind of like how she came back for it, but it also seemed forced. Not well acted.
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