When Christmas Was Young

2022

Action / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 90%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90%
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 544 544

based on novel or book christmas

Plot summary

The story follows a headstrong music manager in desperate need of a hit song for his last remaining client, who finds himself falling for a gifted singer-songwriter with abandoned dreams of making it big, as he attempts to secure the rights to a Christmas song she wrote years ago.

Director

Monika Mitchell Photo
Monika Mitchell

Top cast

Tyler Hilton Photo
Tyler Hilton as Luke Dawson
Karen David Photo
Karen David as Melody Douglass
Grace Sunar Photo
Grace Sunar as Bailey
Meghan Heffern Photo
Meghan Heffern as Emily
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1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by vchimpanzee

Pleasant enough Christmas romance

Here we go again. CBS gives us yet another pretty woman who doesn't want to do what the demanding man wants, and yet we're supposed to believe they will end up together after they get off to a really bad start.And yet it's the formula I'm glad CBS is giving us over and over. I wish more of the movies on stations I can watch were like this. I'm not yet willing to deal with streaming, free or not. Who has the time?Despite being pestered by this obnoxious music executive, single mom Melody Douglass is always polite and tries to be friendly. And when she can, she persuades this man to actually work for what he wants, even though she seems unlikely to give it to him. And surely these two won't get together? They despise each other. Well, not really, but being polite doesn't mean a romance will happen. Does it?And this executive Luke Dawson is unbelievably nasty when the movie starts. You wonder how someone like him will be able to avoid saying those things which will make the TV-G rating go away. And yet somehow, the movie keeps that TV-G rating viewers were shown at the start. He says two curse words total (these are allowed) and he's not even mad when he says them. But somehow, Luke becomes much more pleasant and even nice. Scheming is more like it, but we actually believe him. Maybe he is sincere.Grace Sunar is an adorable daughter. And an actor with one name, Dhirendra, doesn't have much to say but is a loving father to our female lead. With his accent I'm guessing he wasn't born in this country but iwhere he is from is never revealed or relevant.Barbara Wallace is kind of a female Scrooge who is having trouble enjoying the holiday. In her brief time in the movie, can she too make a similar transformation? I will say she does a great job.And of course this is one of those ideal Christmas towns, with snow and everything. The snow is on the TV screen, the only place I want it. A couple of camera shots are really beautiful where it is established this town is in the mountains. Not Tennessee, of course, but someplace in Canada pretending to be Tennessee, according to the credits. And one scene takes place at a beautiful lake outside town.This movie is about music, and there is some good music. The song for which this movie is named is pleasant enough. I'm not that interested in the meaning of the words and a description of an ideal Christmas, I'm interested in how the music sounds, because you can have great lyrics with terrible music. But for someone who is more tolerant than I am, the music will likely be enjoyable. There are traditional carols performed in the traditional style, and there is country music which to me sounds more like rock, and not the sort of thing I want to hear at Christmas. And some country music that sounds good. It's not actually the bad kind of country but I'm just saying how I feel.Once again, CBS has come up with a variation on the formula that works.
Reviewed by charlotteblokhuis 9 / 10

A feel-good Christmas story with music as the (un)sung hero

Truth be told, Christmas rom-coms are not my usual genre at all; a familiar face on the cast list reeled me in. I have to say, I am pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it!The story follows self-absorbed music manager Luke on a mission to save his career, as he tries to acquire the rights to a Christmas song for his last remaining client. However, his big promises don't impress songwriter Melody, who has since Marie Kondo-ed her big music dreams into a box to focus on family instead. It's no surprise these two headstrong characters clash before they connect ("It won't work! [...] You're not that charming." "Challenge accepted!"), but the stereotypes soften as they start peeling away some of their polished layers.The story has all the elements to spark nostalgic longing and fuzzy feelings: small-town antics, rekindled relationships, buried dreams to chase, a winding road to romance, and copious amounts of snow.But what actually struck me the most about this film is that music is the connecting force - something that very much resonates with me. Songs come with the most intriguing stories, woven together by life experiences, connections, and a pinch of serendipity. Under the magnifying glass of the holiday season, it all adds up to an entertaining feel-good Christmas story. In this case, one with a Sheryl Crow-penned title song in a starring role. And with thanks to Karen David's voice fitting this song like a glove, this hero doesn't remain unsung.
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