The Christmas Retreat

The premise is one of the more common ones if you combine retreat themes with fleeing to hometown. Kim's boyfriend dumps her so she retreats to make herself more lovable. Mark gets fired and retreats to his sister's camp. The Christmas retreat is by definition a week of all the typical Christmas activities. The conflict, climax and ending are more things following the checklist. There are no great highs or lows or surprises.

Both leads, Mark and Kim, are unlikeable in the beginning. Kim is a real brat. Obviously the main theme of the story is that both of the main characters reform. Even after Kim changes, the immature girl is still there and her spontaneous decisions reflect that. This canceled for me any enjoyment from watching their relationship bloom.

The acting and dialogue are OK maybe even good.