A Christmas Kiss (2011)

After a spontaneous kiss, a struggling designer ends up falling in love with her demanding boss's boyfriend as she decorates his home for a Christmas party.

Director:

John Stimpson

Writer:

Joany Kane

Stars:

Elisabeth Röhm, Laura Breckenridge, Brendan Fehr

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elisabeth Röhm	...	Priscilla Hall (as Elizabeth Rohm)
Laura Breckenridge	...	Wendy Walton
Brendan Fehr	...	Adam Hughes
Jerrika Hinton	...	Tressa
Laura Spencer	...	Caroline
Mark Joy	...	Charlie
Mark DeAngelis	...	Coachman
Karla Brown	...	Caroler (Lip Sync)
Kimberly Brown	...	Caroler (Lip Sync)
Chilcote Francesca	...	Caroler (Lip Sync) (as Francesca Chilcote)
Maya Hughes	...	Caroler (Lip Sync)
Chloe Elizabeth Lewis	...	Caroler (Lip Sync) Soloist (as Chloe Lewis)
Josh Martin	...	Caroler (Lip Sync)
Corey Nero	...	Caroler (Lip Sync)
Caty Nicholson	...	Caroler (Lip Sync)

Storyline

Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life-changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her. Turns out he's Adam Hughes, a wealthy philanthropist - and Ms. Hall's long distance boyfriend. He doesn't recognize Wendy, which makes things all the more awkward for her when Ms. Hall assigns her to decorate his house for a big party at Christmas. As the holidays approach and Wendy and Adam spend more and more time together, Wendy realizes she's falling in love. Should...

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Plot Keywords:

christmas caroling | gift | female butt clench | female protagonist | elevator | 

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Taglines:

A romance about how one kiss can change everything...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Christmas Kiss - Un Natale al bacio

Filming Locations:

Richmond CenterStage - 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Moody Independent,Atmospheric Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The theatre where they have the Nutcracker play is the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond, Virginia which you can clearly see stated on the front of the theatre, only they have not turned on the lights to light that section, because throughout the movie we are supposed to be in Boston. There are clearly other signs we are not in Boston - like the skyline, the ride by the civil war memorial in the park when they take the carriage ride and the lack of the typical Boston scenes. They could have used at least used some stock footage of Boston. There wasn't a single winter scene for a Christmas movie in Boston, Massachusetts it would be rare not to be at least cold in late November to late December

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Goofs

In the beginning, Priscilla establishes herself as a selfishly inconsiderate and controlling woman, making demands on Wendy's time at all hours via her cell phone, but when she leaves town again, Wendy isn't phoned even once.

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Quotes

Wendy Walton: It is the type of kiss that, years from now when I am suffering from dementia and drooling in my jell-o - I will be thinking about that kiss.

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Connections

Followed by A Christmas Kiss II (2014)

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Soundtracks

This Christmas
Written by Brian Alex
Courtesy of Big Mouse Music, LLC

User Reviews

Avoid at all costs

"A Christmas Kiss" is a holiday variation on the worst kind of chick flicks. It should never, could never, will never become a holiday classic, and deservedly so. BTW, let me just state up front I am a woman who normally loves chick flicks. In this case, however... Yuck.

The story is trite & predictable, with plot "twists" you can see coming a mile off, and characters as clichéd as some starry-eyed teen would dream up: unlucky-in-love aspiring career girl; her boss, a manipulative, social-climbing, lying, witch-with-a-B; & the sweet, clueless, gazillionaire hunk - who should have 'DOORMAT' tattooed on his forehead, btw - they both want.

Since it has the emotional depth of tissue paper, the acting skills of the attractive cast have limited opportunity for display and can therefore only be called competent at best; in some moments, they're downright cringe-worthy. Although, admittedly, that may be due to the gawd-awful script.

All of which is sad, but to me the worst part was the 2 hours I wasted thinking it would get better; had to get better; would have an emotional payoff that justified making it.

Nope. It just sort of stops, and exactly the way you knew it would after seeing the first 10 minutes. So if you come across this one, do yourself a favor: keep going!