A Christmas Duet (2019 TV Movie) User Reviews

Sing it out for all to hear.

[adamjohns-42575 · 6/10 · 4 December 2020]

Wow! Rome Flynn is gorgeous! What a smile!

I like this film, I'm not sure it's possible to achieve all that they do in just 6 days, but it's got an upbeat vibe and the song is a positive one for a change.

They manage to incorporate a lot of characters without compromising on the leading romance and how it builds and it's also full of the great things that make Christmas special.

Very good holiday Hallmark movie

[stephaniervt-200-782381 · 7/10 · 29 October 2021]

Beautiful scenery and a good, enjoyable story.

This is one that I could watch again during the winter holidays Rating scaled for the genre and category.

A Christmas Duet

[JoBloTheMovieCritic · 6/10 · 30 November 2019]

6/10 - fun inn-set and music-filled holiday flick to watch with some hot chocolate and warm under the covers

decent

[Kirpianuscus · 12 December 2021]

Music, Chaley Rose, Rome Flynn , Christmas and nice atmosphere. Seductive supporting acting and high predactibility . Far to be special, it is charming and well crafted. So, not many to say but , after a busy day, a reasonable option with sweet Christmas cookies flavors.

No surprises

[Jackbv123 · 6/10 · 19 April 2020]

This is a pretty average story with no real highs or lows. I stayed with it hoping for more singing. The two do a pretty nice job on one song, but it also didn't bowl me over. A day later, I'm not still carrying the tune around in my head as in some cases.

Chaley Rose and Rome Flynn have a natural familiarity that you'd expect from old flames. I was surprised by how little animosity there was given their breakup. Chiara Zanni plays an interesting Susie. Some people will hate her, but I enjoyed her. Some of my reviews rave about "quirky" characters. I've always liked Teryl Rothery in her supporting roles, but she disappointed me in this one. I thought her character was too inconsistent. I think the actress felt that and it seeped through to her performance.

A paltry Christmas duet

[MickyG333 · 6/10 · 22 November 2023]

6.4 stars.

Compared to many Christmas films, 'A Christmas Duet' is more along the lines of picture perfect. This is only because of the great cinematography, lighting, and sets. For drama and humor and entertainment value, however, it falls severely short of the mark for me. The dialogue is the same old stuff. I will say the music was decent, but there wasn't enough. There is only a couple of songs worth of good material with our leads singing a duet in one of them, and the male lead (if he was even a lead) mainly singing his other material. Back to my little side remark, is there a male lead in this? No. Three males share virtually the same screen time.

The lead female is a bit wooden, which is the best word I have to describe her personality for this character. She is not expressive and has zero emotion. She was never happy, sad, angry, or anything, except disappointed. I think if that's an emotion, she has that one figured out. There is no zest to the love story at all. The best part was possibly the pregnant co-owner woman who is expecting at any time, yet her character is very emotional and too silly. If she might be the best aspect of 'A Christmas Duet', that tells you how unsatisfactory it is.

bad acting; no chemistry

[k_gazo · 3/10 · 5 December 2020]

This wouldn't have been so hard to get through if the main characters had any personality or chemistry. Instead they were deadpan and lacklustre.

That being said, other characters had lots of personality and saved the movie. The story line was decent. I think it all comes down to casting. We won't be watching this one again

Poinsettias in the snow?

[jmlang-180-760580 · 6/10 · 9 December 2019]

Nice actors and story was OK, but how redicuilous it is to put poinsettias in the snow is CRAZY? They are warm weather plants! HOW DUMB! all they needed to do was replace them with evergreens and holly! Such a BAD SET DIRECTION error. Please ! The public is smarter than YOU!

Please ..no

[mymagic-10437 · 1/10 · 5 December 2019]

Ok - so the chick from Nashville and the dude from How to Get Away With Murder team up and sing a horrible Christmas song.

They break up - she moves to a small town and buys an Inn. They don't talk for years and apparently don't follow each other on Instagram cause he books a room at her Inn without knowing.

The town is in trouble - oh no - as the Christmas Festival is going to get cancelled. Say it isn't so!!

I wonder ...

Omg - she saves the day and hosts it at her Inn - so didn't see that coming ...

Oh - and a magazine is reviewing her Inn for the 'best of' award ...and it pays out 60k! Wait..what...

I wonder...

Oh my gosh - she wins the award from the grumpy old lady that has her heart grow three sizes since coming to the inn ...

Oh no - the choir all got sick and can't sing at the festival? What could we do? Does anyone know any singers?

I wonder...

Well blow me over - they could sing their duet and fall back in love! And he can toss the rest of his tour away for love, and his manager can hook up with the grumpy old gal who used to be the lead star in these movies, but now gets to play background roles ... #ageism

Omg - Timmy fell into a well? Show me girl!

I wonder....opps sorry, I drifted off to sleep and got mixed up...ignore that one.

What the heck is with these movies that are in a hotel - BUT there are never any OTHER guests around?!

And for Pete's sake - when you say the WHOLE town is coming to the festival please HIRE MORE THAN A DOZEN extras.

Or shoot from a good angle. Or use CGI. Even bad CGI is better than when 12 people turn out for a super star musician in a small town ...

Whatever. I'm getting sucked into this world again.

Please send help.

Another one tree effort from Hallmark ...one out of 10. Don't waste your popcorn.

Actors are flat as a board.

[savethewatchmaker · 2/10 · 2 December 2019]

Boy, oh boy. As wonderful as it is that Hallmark is doing more to fix its diversity problem, this movie was a complete flop, thanks mostly to its flat, unbelievably wooden actors. From the toneless main characters, to the over-the-top secondary characters, to the almost Stepford-esque parents, there isn't a single ounce of talent in this movie.

The movie's love interests, Jesse and Averie, used to sing together. The movie implies that they had a bit of a sour break-up back in the day, especially given that Averie refuses to talk about him or their most popular Christmas song to her best friend, but still, she's rewatching their music video almost every other scene in this movie. Even stranger, the two of them interact without much emotion at all once they meet up at Averie's inn; there's no lingering animosity from their past, but also no visible leftover chemistry either. The movie is putting very little effort into convincing us that these two still have feelings for each other, and the actors don't seem all that convinced of their characters' relationship either.

To top it all off, this movie has no sense of climax or unpredictability. Jesse and Averie agree to sing their song together once more, only for him to--surprise--be called out for business. He doesn't even leave the inn (he actually just sits in his room rewatching their music video, yet again) before deciding to stay and sing with her after all. There is zero suspense in this plot; there is not a single audience member who doesn't know exactly how this movie will turn out.

This is a movie I'll turn the TV off during if it's on again next year.

all the right notes!

[elliep-46475 · 10/10 · 30 November 2019]

This is a standout for me in the line up of Hallmark holiday movies thus far-- I just loved the leads together, and though the plot was busy, I liked the fact that there were quite a few things that kept the Blue Spruce inn buzzing. The main actors are so talented musically, and though the original song wasn't my favorite (and I thought didn't quite do justice to both of their talents), I couldn't help but wish for more! Thank you, Hallmark!!

I wanted to like this but...

[kathytexan-12585 · 4/10 · 14 December 2019]

Everything looks so pretty - kudos to the art director. The reason I only have this a 4 is because the story hardly held my interest. I found myself wondering when it would end. There were too many scenes with people just standing around talking. I think the script was most at fault. Not enough in there to care about what was happening. The acting was much ado about nothing. Chaley was gorgeous but looked more like a frozen statue that occasionally came to life. There was no chemistry between her and Rome. At one point she looked so uncomfortable with his arm around her, she looked as if she was seeking a way to escape.

is this what they call acting ?

[linda-plant2 · 2/10 · 18 December 2019]

Sorry, but who told Rome Flynn he could sing ? in fact surely out of the stable of Hallmark actors one could be found who actually could ! The rest of the acting by the leads was non-descript and I've seen more life in an ironing board. Maybe Hallmark should stick to their established and experienced actors because the films this year with new performers are not hitting the mark.

BLAH BLAH BLAH

[katykw-2 · 2/10 · 24 July 2020]

Predictable story line, even more so than the usual Hallmark movie. The two lead actors were plastic and not believable as a romantic couple. The much-touted "hit" song they had was uninspired and forgettable and Rome Flynn's voice was ordinary at best. Surely not on a par with the star quality role they cast him in. The reason I gave it two stars was for the art direction and sets

no chemistry and can't act

[taylornan · 1/10 · 8 February 2020]

This entire movie was 100% predictable. The main characters had zero chemistry and neither could act.

Main Characters were Great

[friesena · 10/10 · 3 December 2019]

Love Hallmark movies. Yes they are predictable...that is what l love about them. They are relaxing in a tension filled world. Refuse to watch bang band shoot "em" up shows with little script or story. My husband and I both hope Hallmark will utilize these two actors in "A Christmas Duet" many times in the future. They were wonderful.

Sugar Sweet

[teebear817 · 1/10 · 25 October 2020]

Is Teryl Rotherty in every Hallmark movie? Sure seems that way. I swear she is in 2 out of every 3 movies. Chaley Rose is so absurdly bubbly its nauseating, overacts in every scene. . But this Chiara Zanni is the worst. Over the top bubbly and giddy, she is so irritating. Nobody acts like that. As i write this, i keep seeing Rose overact in every single scene. Movie is so fake and plastic.

The right movie for me tonight

[manfredpeter-09628 · 8/10 · 30 October 2020]

There is something about a Chaley Rose's voice that is so soothing. Just saw her in my Best Friends Bouquet the other day. She can pull off the silliest dialogue with that calm voice. I liked her sidekick too. Calmed down an anxious mood for me. My rating very generous, but need to offset some of those really low ones. Not that bad guys

Why low reviews ?

[lovejoiie89 · 10/10 · 1 December 2020]

Ofc the movie is predictable but it's cute. The story is based around a couple who use to sing together but broke up around the holidays. For the male lead, he's solo but he hasn't been doing so good with his music and hasn't had a hit since he and his love broke up many years ago . Music isn't the same for him but it's his dream. For the female lead, she hasn't heard , seen or spoken to the male lead since many years ago . She owns a INN and has to host a festival for the Christmas show. The only big thing is is that she's asked to sing her duet song with Jesse , whom unbeknownst to both are booked a room at the same hotel that she works at.

She discovers her love for music and for Jesse again all while hoping to win the award for the top 10 hotels.

Predictable but cute. Both leads are gorgeous. Rome Flynn is talented ofc and cmon the song that they sing isn't bad at all . Y'all just hating.

I liked it 10/10

Averie Davis (Chaley Rose)

[aab874 · 10/10 · 28 July 2021]

Favorite scene with

Averie Davis (Chaley Rose) - Hot Chocolate Tasting at Miss Edith's. Telling Jesse that she doesn't listen to their music. She avoids it. Snowed In with their song playing on the Radio once again. BTW, So Dang Cool that this movie aired on November 25th - Rome Flynn's (Jesse Collins) Birthday!