Painfully bad, even for a Lifetime movie or a Harlequin novel. On any other network this would be a Alan Smithee production. The basic premise, a ghost with unfinished business, wasn't the problem. The Patrick Swayze film, Ghost, proves that it can work. In this case, though, the execution of that premise was not handled well. After a year of talking to his dead dad, the kid's mother still doesn't have the kid in therapy. Then one book and some ghostly tricks later, mom decides she may need therapy. Oh, and let's add that the dead father's unfinished business can be summed up that he left mom in a financial hole and she needs a man to take care of her. Ack! The only saving grace was Michael Shank's performance. At least his character came as someone you could tolerate which is more than can be said for the two other adult leads.
Review of Under the Mistletoe
