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Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (2005) (TV)
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5 December 2005 (USA)
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The holiday season is turned upside down for a neophyte food critic JJ (Pope) when her uninhibited mother (Baranski) shows up unannounced...
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Wow, what a forgettable movie this was.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christine Baranski | ... | Lee Bellmont | |
| Carly Pope | ... | J.J. Jenner | |
| Bobby Cannavale | ... | Alex Stermadapolous | |
| Monica Parker | ... | Irma Van Wyck | |
| Kristen Hager | ... | Morgan | |
| Tracy Dawson | ... | Cody | |
| Peter Cockett | ... | Elliot | |
| Garwin Sanford | ... | Clay McNeil | |
| Clive Walton | ... | Malcolm Bristol | |
| Fulvio Cecere | ... | Johnny Iannides | |
| Louise Pitre | ... | Coco | |
| Dean Armstrong | ... | Reynard | |
| Jonas Chernick | ... | Peter | |
| Lubomir Mykytiuk | ... | Dmitri | |
| Scott Gibson | ... | Kenny |
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Smothered (Australia) (New Zealand: English title)
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120 min (including commercials)
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| Question about a song in the movie | jessp07 |
| aka 'Smothered' | BlakJakNZ |
| looks good | hillary_360 |
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Did HeidiJean really see this movie? A great Christmas movie? Not even close. Dull, bland and completely lacking in imagination and heart. I kept watching this movie wondering who the hell thought that Carly Pope could play the lead in this movie! The woman has no detectable personality and gives a completely lackluster performance. Baransky was great as usual and provided the only modicum of interesting the whole thing. Probably her involvement was the only reason this project was green lighted to begin with. Maybe I'm expecting too much for a Lifetime movie played 15 days from Christmas but I sat through this thing thinking that with a different director and a recasting JJ with an actress that at least could elicit sympathy this could have been quite a cute little movie.