To Have and to Holiday

2024

Comedy / Romance

5
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 696 696

Director

Stacey N. Harding Photo
Stacey N. Harding

Top cast

Josh MacDonald Photo
Josh MacDonald as Father
Robert Bazzocchi Photo
Robert Bazzocchi as Jason Arlington
Madeleine Arthur Photo
Madeleine Arthur as Celeste Palmer
Eric Close Photo
Eric Close as Mark Palmer
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779.35 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.56 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
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1.43 GB
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English 5.1
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mbiv777 6 / 10

Better than I expected

To Have and to Holiday is another of the Hallmark movies this year featuring a cast of people who are virtually unknown to me. With the exception of the lead actress' parents, I'm not sure I've seen any of them before.That said, the acting was better than a lot of movies you see this time of year.Madeleine Arthur and Robert Bazzochi are excellent as a young couple who become engaged after dating briefly, prompting her father, who is also a pastor, to insist on putting them through his marriage boot camp in order to gauge their compatibility.We've seen these things before, even this year, and this part of the movie didn't really work.Fortunately, there was enough of a plot to make it worth a watch.Arthur is cute and sweet and pretty, and has excellent chemistry with Bazzochi, and both turned in strong performances as the young couple navigating issue after issue on the way to the altar.We'll be seeing them again.There's a million choices at Christmas time. This is not great, but there are worse choices.Six.
Reviewed by 12101968kaw 5 / 10

Meh

To Have and to Holiday was just ok. It's basically a Christmas version of Father of the Bride (I really liked that movie). The movie started out pretty good. In flashbacks to when Celeste was younger you could see that her dad (Pastor Mark) wanted his old life back when his daughter was younger. Pastor Mark was unlikeable. For a man of the cloth he wasn't very nice. He spent 3/4 of the movie trying to sabotage his daughter's upcoming wedding. In Hallmark fashion he had a turnabout the last 15 minutes of the movie. The acting was good and the leads had chemistry. This won't be one that I would watch again.
Reviewed by MickyG333 6 / 10

Mixed feelings

6.3 stars.I have this nagging feeling that I'm supposed to like this movie. It's almost as if I'm not in the mood today. Should I hold off and watch it later? Anyways, I am getting through it slowly but surely. Slow and steady wins the race. Right now I'm not anticipating finishing it.Pastor dad puts on the pressure, various gaslighting, bullying and guilt trip sessions later, the story improves somewhat, but not enough to sway my final opinion. This movie is not completely capturing my affections. I'd usually say something is missing, but in fact many somethings are missing.There are good moments strew about, but insufficient to save it.I continue plodding along...skipped to the last 15 minutes, it gets a lot better, too late to save it. Not my cup of tea.
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