Christmas in Boston (2005)

Gina and Seth have been pen pals for 13 years and now will have the chance to meet. Both used their best friends pictures to send to each other and now will let their friends meet.

Director:

Neill Fearnley

Writer:

Stephanie T. Baxendale

Stars:

Marla Sokoloff, Patrick J. Adams, Lindy Booth

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marla Sokoloff	...	Gina
Patrick J. Adams	...	Seth (as Patrick Adams)
Lindy Booth	...	Ellen
Jonathan Cherry	...	Matt
Shawn Lawrence	...	Mr. Dugan
Art Hindle	...	Mr. Howard
Len Silvini	...	Vendor
Neill Fearnley	...	Sullivan (as Neil Fearnley)
Ruth Fernandes	...	Tree Girl
Janessa Crimi	...	Young Gina
Jonathan Alderton	...	Youth Seth
Yola Wojcik	...	Angelica Davis
Katherine Crimi	...	Teen Gina
Michael Cameron	...	Teen Seth

Storyline

Now in young adulthood, Gina and Seth have been pen pals for thirteen years. They have graduated from handwritten letters when they started corresponding to email, but with both being insecure with who they are as people have decided not to exchange telephone numbers. Even when they have discussed exchanging photographs of the other, they have sent photos of their more outgoing best friends, Ellen and Matt, passing them off as themselves without telling either Ellen or Matt. Each has been there for the other through every major event that has happened in their lives, and as such, they have both fallen for the other without either admitting it to themselves or having the nerve to tell the other. Living in different cities - Boston and Denver - they have never even seriously considered meeting in person, until now. Seth, a junior executive at a toy company, is heading to Boston just before Christmas to attend a toy convention, which Gina, a struggling reporter stuck in "obituary" ...

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Plot Keywords:

friend | best friend | pen pal | letter | love | 

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Taglines:

They fell in love...then they met.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Instant Message

Filming Locations:

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Family,Curmudgeon Films,MarVista Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Seth: It has to be me. It has to be me because for me, it has to be you.

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Alternate Versions

The TV and DVD releases for the U.S. omits the beginning scenes showing Seth and Gina as kids and teenagers writing their letters and emails. These scenes are kept intact in all other international releases.

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Connections

Version of She Loves Me (2016)

User Reviews

Cute

Christmas in Boston is, in a word, cute. It's the story of Gina, Seth, Matt, and Ellen. Gina and Seth have been pen pals for ten years. He lives in Denver and she lives in Boston. Gina's friend, and next door neighbor, Ellen, is a perky, rambunctious, redhead. Seth is an executive of a major toy company, Toy Matters, in Denver, Colorado, and Gina's a newspaper reporter in Boston. She's assigned to cover a big toy conference being held in Boston. Gina tells Ellen that the pictures she's been sending Seth are of her. Meanwhile, Seth and Matt arrive in Boston, and settle in at their hotel. Seth tells Matt that the pictures he's been sending Gina, are, you guessed it, of him. So Ellen poses as Gina, Gina poses as Ellen, Matt poses as Seth, and Seth poses as Matt. Are you with me so far? I hope so. Gina meets Seth at the toy conference. The presidents of Toy Matters and a rival toy company, are having an affair. She has a nice story to break but doesn't because she's falling for Seth, who's pretending to be Matt. Ellen, who's pretending to be Gina, is falling for Matt, who's pretending to be Seth. Remind you of anything? Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors, perhaps? What happens next? That's for me to know and you to find out.