I assumed this would be a silly and stupid romantic comedy based on Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I figured the most I could hope for was a shot of Matthew McConaughey without his shirt.
Turns out I was right. In fact, I think I can sum this movie up in three words: cute, fun, forgettable.
I don't intend to give complete reviews of the movies I watch. Movie reviews are all over the Internet and I see no reason to add to those numbers. I plan to use this forum mainly to express what stands out to me about the movies that I watch... even if what stands out is that nothing stands out. Not only that, but I don't often have that much to say about movies, especially because I am an escapist movie-watcher who believes the main purpose of a movie is entertainment. I am certainly not looking for inanity in the movies I watch, but if I am looking for education or thought-provoking material, I turn to literature rather than cinema. But I am a netflix subscriber. When I first signed up I figured once I watched the 100 or so movies I had lined up in my queue, I would cancel my subscription. Here it is five years later and I've never whittled my queue down below 80 movies because I keep adding to the list. I have a feeling I may never cancel my netflix subscription.
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