"Christmas in Rome" star Lacey Chabert spreads the holiday cheer with her 4 favorite Christmas movies of all time. For more gift ideas, check out IMDb's Holiday Gift Guide, curated with the entertainment lover in mind!
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Title: Christmas in Rome (TV Movie 2019)
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"Christmas in Rome" star Lacey Chabert spreads the holiday cheer with her 4 favorite Christmas movies of all time. For more gift ideas, check out IMDb's Holiday Gift Guide, curated with the entertainment lover in mind!
| Cast overview: | |||
| Lacey Chabert | ... | Angela de Luca | |
| Sam Page | ... | Oliver Martin | |
| Franco Nero | ... | Luigi Forlinghetti | |
| Holly Hayes | ... | Margaret Fletcher | |
| Bryan Bounds | ... | Jack Fletcher | |
| Fernanda Diniz | ... | Francesca Gianelli | |
| Petar Cvirn | ... | Pietro Gianelli | |
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Natasha Estelle Williams | ... | Estelle Burns |
| Francesca De Martini | ... | Sofia Forlinghetti | |
| Simone Spinazze | ... | Tomasso Toffino | |
| Dragos Olaru | ... | Luca | |
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Cleo Demetriou | ... | Betty |
| Clara Ciobanu | ... | Monica Gianelli | |
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Nathan Clough | ... | Joey Princer |
American Angela de Luca is a tour guide in Rome, it a job she loves in showing visitors what she finds special about the city that can't be found in standard guide books. Her exuberance does end up getting her into trouble as, a few days before Christmas, she is fired by her boss Tomasso Toffino for not sticking to the "tourist hot spots" protocol one too many times. It is when she is nursing her wounds about the job in not knowing what to do that she literally runs into Oliver Martin, who works for the New York based acquisitions firm Fiske and Drummond, he in Rome on business to acquire famed high end Italian ceramics company Forlinghetti for Fiske and Drummond. Oliver is all work and no play, he especially seeing the Christmas season as an opportune time to do business as no one else wants to work and thus will rush into deals. He expects to meet with Luigi Forlinghetti, seal the deal and leave Rome without experiencing any of it. A promotion to vice-president of the company rests ... Written by Huggo
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This is a great vehicle to do different things in a Christmas movie. For one thing, this movie is as much a travel movie in a fictional setting as it is a Christmas movie, at least in the beginning. So many things are new to the American especially one who has never been to Rome. Beauty is an understatement. Wow. And it goes deeper than the view. Angela is teaching Oliver about the culture and traditions in Rome. I have no reason to believe those things are anything but accurate. This whole aspect alone of the movie makes it very enjoyable.
I wanted to do a spot fact check, so I looked up the three coins in the fountain. There was a movie by that name that goes along with the legend Angela quoted. I found one reference to that legend that went beyond that movie, so it appears this reference in the movie is at least partially accurate and possibly entirely accurate.
It is refreshing that you don't see snowball fights or Santa Claus in this movie but there are a few traditional activities that are familiar. If you watch as many Christmas movies as I do, that's a nice change.
Lest you think it's all business, or touring the sights, Chabert and Page manage some chemistry and some witty dialogue.
This is at least the second movie Lacey Chabert and Hallmark have done recently that goes behind the scenes in a travel setting. I can guess that there will be more to come. (I don't remember if Love on Safari fits this model exactly, but I think it probably does.) I thought this edition was better than the previous one(s) (Love, Romance, and Chocolate).
Does a movie have to have conflict or tension? For me, in Romance movies, especially Christmas movies, I can live without it if the story is otherwise enjoyable. There is a bit of tension with Oliver's boss being too demanding which results in a plot line that has been overused in this kind of movie. It works here, but I didn't think it was needed.
The climax includes a choir singing a Christmas song in St. Peter's square, another impressive sight (although some of it looked green screened).
There are pluses and minuses in this movie, but for me, the pluses were enough to get the best rating.