The Most Colorful Time of the Year (2022 TV Movie) User Reviews

It is not bad but...

[MIssM19 · 5/10 · 29 December 2022]

Michelle is an optometrist who suspects her daughter's teacher might be color blind and makes it her mission to help him.

I appreciate Hallmark for giving us new plots, different than the usual, I also appreciate giving the characters any condition or disability since human beings are not perfect.

While the premise of this movie was interesting it could have been made better. The beginning was very boring for me and I thought of turning it off. The there is the scientific aspect of the movie: color blindness isn't seeing in black and white but according to this, it is. In fact, one type of this condition is mixing red and green and I thought that could have worked better given it is a Christmas movie.

I like that Ryan is discovering and enjoying Christmas like it's a brand new thing. But then there is the misunderstanding at the end of the movie. I thought we were passed that with these movies. And don't even get me started with Michelle's ex, red flags everywhere. I thought the leads were okay but they had little to no chemistry and the script didn't help either.

Anyway, not a bad plot, it was simply poorly executed. I would have changed a few details.

We liked this except for ONE thing

[VetteRanger · 5/10 · 10 December 2022]

The type of color blindness in this film, where the person cannot see ANY colors, is called monochromacy. It's extremely rare, and no special glasses are going to allow the person to see color. They MAY allow for greater separation of shades. This type of medical misinformation could only give false hope to people who've suffered from that condition since birth.

So I docked stars for that.

My wife otherwise liked the movie more than I did, as she got into his resistance to admit the condition or seek help for it. Parts of the movie were quite emotional, those mostly having to do with his prospects for treatment and then the (false) results of getting the "special glasses".

The romance part, however, was pretty standard, with the misinterpretations of past or friendly relationships. It's not worth a rewatch for me since I didn't buy into the optometry, and not worth a rewatch for my wife because even though it moved her, most of the suspense involved when and why he'd admit his condition and agree to be examined, and that's no mystery on subsequent viewings.

Red and Green and all the Rest

[rebekahrox · 6/10 · 11 December 2022]

Last year, and especially this year, Hallmark started to push the envelope as far as venturing out beyond its safe and standard bone-tired plots, and this one is no exception. A secretly color-blind teacher meets an ophthalmologist, the single mother of one of his students, who sees through his lifelong tricks and strategies to disguise his disability. She enters him into a clinical trial without his consent after he tells her he is not interested once his subterfuges have been discovered. Although most definitely unethical and an invasion of privacy I can almost give her a pass on this because he doesn't fully understand what he is missing in life. See, he is not only color-confused (red and green or blue and yellow being indistinguishable from each other,) but totally unable to see any color whatsoever. Also, it's stupid he is not interested. Why wouldn't he be interested? He's a science teacher. Just because nothing has worked before, trying on a pair of glasses is hardly a surgical procedure or taking an untested drug. But it was wrong of her, it must be said. The way the whole color-blindness thing is handled is lazy and irresponsible. His condition is very rare, while the other is a fairly common condition that indeed can be mitigated by special glasses of the sort that are provided by this clinical trial. Monochromia would be impossible scientifically to correct with glasses due to the cause of the condition. Maybe this could be partially excused by deeming this cure part of a "clinical trial" but it is as far-fetched and as far from being science-based as a pill to cure alcoholism would be. In other words, the idea was interesting but the execution and details lacked authenticity to put it kindly. It is another example of Hallmark seeming like they have contempt for their viewers by glossing over unrealistic plot points that actually could potentially be harmful, hurtful, and deceitful if taken seriously.

To make matters worse this movie is sponsored by a company that makes the aforementioned glasses that mitigate color confusion in some people with lots of emotional videos of people acting like they once were blind and now can see. So they're using the emotions that might be generated by this movie to burnish and exaggerate the benefits of their product that has nothing to do with the disability portrayed. Or maybe they were not aware of the nature of the color blindness depicted in this movie and got manipulated to buy ad space. Whatever, someone did wrong.

Once he finally tries on the glasses and his world is changed, there really isn't anywhere else to go with it, other than going around looking at colorful scenes. Featuring mostly red and green. At one point she takes him to a church where I thought they were going to look at stained glass windows. But she took him there to wrap presents. In his first hours of seeing color for the first time? Really?

So it falls back on the usual tropes once the color-blindness thing is out of the way leading to the inevitable big misunderstanding. In this case, an over-eager wanna-be girlfriend and a more psycho and controlling stalker ex-boyfriend whom both leads are too nice and patient with. The good doctor even agreeing to him inviting himself to her child's Christmas pageant. The ex-boyfriend bit could have actually been a lot more entertaining if he had gotten punched in the nose by our hero when he crudely twitted him about his pay as a middle-school teacher. However, instead, our hero chose to deliver a lecture that seemed to suggest that teachers did not need fair pay, cuz it's "a calling" and they don't care about the money. Very noble, but I know a few teachers that would disagree with that.

It's not a secret that I have a soft spot for Christopher Russell. But, he should stick with the Cary Grant or Clark Gable-type roles where charm and good looks are more important than range of emotion. When he put on those glasses and saw color for the first time a lot more was required as far as an emotional reaction. On the positive side, Katrina Bowden was very good as the caring but over-stepping doctor, and her daughter was also very good. CR was believable and endearing as a committed teacher who was definitely overqualified for his job. Best of all though was Joanna Douglas as Heidi, the lead's supportive sister. Hey Hallmark! Lock this girl in and promote her from supportive sister/friend to head girl. STAT!

It's the whack-whackiest movie of all

[MickyG333 · 7/10 · 1 January 2023]

7.0 stars.

I am surprised that Hallmark opted for an optometrist with the opportunity to operate her magic opting for open arms verses opportunistic opulence.

I think Michelle (Bowden) is extremely alluring, something about her style, and she has great potential, please showcase her in more movies. Ryan (Russell) is equally so, if not more. I kept thinking he starts off looking like Superman, then he gets these magical glasses that make him look like Clark Kent. Either way, you can't go wrong. Such a shame that the good looks and good acting was squandered on this half-priced quality of a movie.

Like I said, both leads are surprisingly easy on the eyes, and it's a shame that their visual appearances and performance skills are lost in the translation of such a dry and lifeless script. There is a strange lack of stimulating dialogue, and everything is in slow motion. The story just drags along as we are waiting for something really enlightening or at least exciting.

One illuminating moment is when he is defending his choice to become a teacher... very sincere and touching scene. And the ex boyfriend... do they get any more creepy? Hallmark sure knows how to make a person look ghoulish.

There is another great scene with Michelle's sister as she opens the flood gates for Ryan near the end. It is pure gratification for me and a rare way for Hallmark to reveal hidden feelings.

And the final scenes with the kiss (one of the best ones ever). I am so disappointed there were only about five brilliant moments interspersed throughout this sub-standard film.

The theme was great, the premise was great, but the writing was like a poopoo bag exploded and all of the contents hit the fan.

Skip it, really.

[seekingkindredspirits · 2/10 · 13 December 2022]

I wanted to like this movie. I can usually suspend disbelief for an hour and just enjoy the escape for an hour.

This movie just irritated me from the start.

The optometrist, Michelle, has zero respect for boundaries. Forcing "help" on people (which is what she did, if we're honest) is not okay. Also not okay: calling your daughter's teacher at home, signing him up for a clinical trial without his permission, and badgering him about decorating his classroom for Christmas. And encouraging Bailey, her daughter, to violate the "no Christmas decorations" rule. Who cares what his stated reasons are. It is his space, not Michelle's or Bailey's.

The colorblindness as a story premise could have been interesting if it were more grounded in reality - apparently, teacher Ryan only sees black and white?

I found myself wanting Ryan to tell Michelle to back off and leave him alone. Terrible, I know. There are better holiday movies. A lot of them. Don't waste your time.

Good movie, marginal science.

[tom-496-522106 · 9/10 · 10 December 2022]

I'm not an expert on color blindness, but from my limited research, the type of color blindness depicted in the movie cannot be corrected by lenses. The only lenses I've found merely enhance the signals from the color receptors. The total lack of functioning color receptors could not be fixed by lenses.

I still very much enjoyed the movie, and the cast did a fine job of depicting the emotions involved. While I appreciate making color blindness less of a mystery, it could have been more scientific, especially sine the main character is a science teacher.

The other minor point is that the color blind glasses I've found are tinted, while the movie showed clear lenses.

Still, I've given it a 9/10 rating.

Couldn't identify with the characters for multiple reasons.

[takeahike-83090 · 3/10 · 11 December 2022]

In general, the acting wasn't great, but I've seen worse. Maybe it was that acting or maybe the writing, but I failed to see any chemistry between the to lovers-to-be. However, the subject matter is a big fail for me.

Colorblindness is not the death sentence it used to be. Hah - It's never been a death sentence, nor even a serious condition at all. It's relatively common, affecting 300 million worldwide, mostly men at about 8%. My son and grandson are colorblind, and my father-in-law was, but other than some slight inconvenience, it doesn't/didn't affect their lifestyles at all. It's nothing to be embarrassed about and nothing serious enough for an optometrist to get all so concerned. So it's hard to identify with these people because I just can't feel the seriousness they feel. And since a lot of people know at least one person with colorblindness, I don't see how this movie will connect with the general public.

Also, the vast majority of people who are colorblind see some color, not the black-and-white images that the main lead, Ryan, saw. They just have problem differentiating some hues between red and green. And for the very, very, few who do have total color deficiency, those glasses can't help.

By the way, my son tried those glasses, and while he did get some color back, they gave him headaches and nausea, so he returned them.

Very nice

[mbiv777 · 8/10 · 10 December 2022]

I've always liked Katrina Bowden. She is past her Miss Tasty/hottest girl in the world days, but she's still really pretty and makes a very nice Hallmark lead. I hope she does more.

Christopher Russell just keeps getting better. He was a bit stiff when he appeared on the scene a few years ago, but now he has a natural quality that is very appealing.

This movie is about a colorblind man seeing the beauty of the world for the first time, and his heart is opened in the process. There are some genuinely touching moments along the way.

The requisite conflict is brought on by a clingy ex in her case, and an admirer in his, leading to the usual Hallmark misunderstanding.

I liked this movie. Better than most.

So many missed opportunities

[jpk-84641 · 5/10 · 10 December 2022]

The good: recognition for a hidden disability.

The bad: too many moments of awkward dialog, a cringy, stalker-like ex-boyfriend character, and too many unrealistic moments that detract from the overall message, especially with the aforementioned ex-boyfriend. Also, I wish Hallmark would really vet scripts to make sure they accurately portray professions. Schools never have a database of teachers' personal cell phone numbers for parent use, and teachers would never just up and leave in the middle of the school day on a whim. The formulaic conflict in the last half hour was unnecessary and unrealistic.

I saw mommy kissing Teacher Claus

[Ed-Shullivan · 5/10 · 10 December 2022]

Some viewers may find this made for TV Christmas film a bit corny, and some may consider (the teacher named) Ryan Tanner's handicap an insult to people who may be legally blind. A lot of people may be color blind to different extremes and not consider themselves to be handicapped which Mr. Tanner and his girlfriend Optometrist, Michelle Stevens, was making a bigger deal about his handicap than I would have expected. Dr. Stevens suggesting that Mr. Tanner entertain the idea of joining a medical test group for his color blindness and him being stubborn and trying, when all it included was trying on a new pair of eyeglasses you may understand why I think they blew out of proportion his handicap. I believe the message the producers were genuinely attempting to convey to their audience was for people not to be afraid to accept assistance and/or suggestions that may significantly improve their health. Whether that handicap may be a severe disability or something less obtrusive such as being color blind.

Just an observation about this film and please not to be critical a Mrs. Shullivan and I quite enjoyed this film. I am glad they did not show Mr. Tanner behind the wheel of a car as he would not have been able to distinguish between a red light or a green traffic light.

I give the film a wishy washy 5 out of 10 IMDb rating as I can see how some people may enjoy the romantic undertone and then others may be insulted with Mr. Tanner overcoming his color blindness by simply putting on a new pair of glasses. Duhhhh.

An Unexpected Beautiful Gem

[druatlax · 9/10 · 10 May 2023]

You know what to expect from this movie. But, the surprise is the knowledge you will take with you when the credits roll.

Being color blind for me, was just a "thing" that some people have. Now because of this movie, I am more aware of not only the condition, but of the related problems and trauma associated with it.

The lead actors - Chris Russell and Katrina Bowden - are fantastic and well cast. The cinematography used attempts to teach the audience with normal eyesight what being totally colorblind May mean. And the captions during the closing credits... offer contacts for those with this type of problem to get help if needed. This underscores the reality of the problem.

Although this is a message movie, I was pleasantly surprised by how good this movie is: from writers and director to the actors involved . And, I highly recommend it to any audience of any age to watch, learn, and enjoy.

The Most Colorful Dud of the Year

[cammietime · 1/10 · 30 December 2022]

The Most Colorful Time of the Year is a well-executed event with solid direction, polished delivery, cinematography, and editing but unfortunately is a total strike out. Whoever made this movie knew what they were doing, whoever wrote the script did not. The leads have zero chemistry, cringe lines, and no explanation for their motivations. The story sounded interesting, until it wasn't.

Michelle (an out of place Katrina Bowden) is an optometrist that quickly leaves the zone of appropriate patient/doctor relationship and commits what would be considered felonies in the EU to fix the male lead Ryan's color blindness (a disinterested Christopher Russel). Impatient and aggressive, Michelle is willing to sacrifice legal and ethical boundaries to achieve her objective, all the while Ryan repeated tells her to stop. Note that if the genders of our leads were reversed here Hallmark would never hear the end of it.

The film fails on other points too. In general it is just plain boring to watch a movie that revolves around a guy's eye care. Beyond helping Ryan see in color there is no other reason for Michelle to pursue him like she does, yes he is a stud muffin, but he is such a turd towards her and makes it clear he wants nothing to do with her for so long it really doesn't make sense why she continues to go after him, or why he would EVER want a relationship with her. I mean on top of all the eye stuff, she repeatedly pesters him about not having Christmas decorations in his classroom and bullys him in front of his class into keeping a distracting blinking Christmas tree on his desk. All Michelle has going for her is that she is abnormally attractive for a mom otherwise she is red flag city and Ryan knows it.

Unfortunately for viewers, all it takes to get over these insurmountable issues is Michelle giving Ryan a pair of brand new super advanced glasses that magically allow him to see in full color. When he puts them on he smiles, is considerate, and is very much interested in Michelle. Within five minutes he is smitten with her (his words!). It's like she put a Disney love curse on those glasses because without them he wants nothing to do with her.

As for Ryan, he is so uninteresting and all he wants is to be left alone to be a hermit. It is confusing why people are so fascinated by him - Michelle, his wierdo friend, even the hot girls basketball coach. What do they see in this guy? The conversation between Ryan and his guy friend is so, so odd. Guys don't talk like that - it's like their entire conversation was written by a woman guessing at what she thinks guys say to each other when they hang out. Or maybe it's what women wish guys talked like when they hang out. Who knows.

When Ryan can finally see in color Michelle takes him to a church, I assumed to show him the beautiful stained glass, but nope, she shows him a wimpy Christmas tree and makes him wrap presents...? Other issues I observed: Michelle's daughter has horribly scripted/delivered lines, they all live in very modern apartment buildings but have red barns out past the front balcony, there is time for a lengthy and boring history speech by the mayor, three different cities are used as establishing shots, they have the largest florist shop ever, and the ex-boyfriend has more character than pretty much anyone else.

All in all you can skip this one, I wish I did.

Dr. Michelle Stevens (Katrina Bowden)

[aab874 · 10/10 · 30 December 2022]

Favorite scene with

Dr. Michelle Stevens (Katrina Bowden) - Her First Date at Ryan's (Christopher Russell) House, Decorating His Christmas Tree, and Kissing him under the Parasitic Plant AKA Mistletoe. BTW #1, I Loved this Movie! BTW #2, I Love, Love, Love Christopher Russell (Ryan Tanner)!!! He's one of my Favorite Hallmark Channel Movie Heroes Ever!!! He is So Dang Charming and So Dang Hot!!! He and Katrina Bowden (Dr. Michelle Stevens) had Fantastic, Romantic Chemistry Together!!! BTW #3, I Wonder if Glasses for those who are Color Blind Really Do Exist. I have Never heard of such a thing! If they do, what a Beautiful Miracle!!!

Set in Illinois.

Follow the science?

[Jackbv123 · 5/10 · 10 December 2022]

This is an unusual premise. The usual Christmas activities in this movie seem limited to a pageant and Christmas decorations, the latter for obvious reasons. The persistence of Michelle and her daughter, Bailey, lead to tension that isn't romantic for over half the movie. The ploy by Bailey is cute and changes the tone to be more Christmas like.

No matter how accurate is the representation of what Ryan sees, the movie works to capture the wonder he experiences. I do question how accurate the science of it is especially given that during the premiere on Hallmark, there is a commercial for corrective glasses. Is it irony that Ryan is a science teacher? I couldn't find anything conclusive in a simple internet search, but what I saw led me to believe that the actual experience is not as pure especially if Ryan's case was extreme as Michelle stated.

And Mark!? What is with his request that leads to the misunderstanding? Why in the world would Michelle agree?

The acting is OK. The dialogue is ok with a few good moments. Given the relatively small amount of screen time spent by Michelle and Ryan when things are good, it is hard to say there is much chemistry between Katrina Bowden and Christopher Russel or why the characters would feel so strongly.

So sorry

[shobbs-86081 · 5/10 · 11 December 2022]

Thought I had stumbled onto Great American Family channel with the stupidity of this movie - bad acting, terrible plot line (unprofessional and unethical behaviors all over), and unrealistic treatment of the color blindness correction (after the glasses were practically forced onto the reluctant patient/love interest.) The passion was manufactured, hardly enough to merit caring about these characters as real people. Silly time-waster that ought to be skipped, unless you like throwing up a little in the back of your mouth every 15 minutes or so... Everything in this film should be seen with some sort of corrective lenses which could possibly bring a little more color to a bland joyless experience...

Loved it

[rhonnie-43139 · 10/10 · 14 December 2022]

I had been disappointed by Hallmark's Christmas movies this year. I barely watched any of them. But this movie was different. It was genuine and sweet.

I liked the plot and I thought the actors did a good job. I especially enjoyed the scenes showing the colors of everything through the eyes of lead actor when he put on the glasses. His reaction to seeing colors was very touching.

The lead actress is one of my favorite actors and I thought she gave a good performance as caring mother and doctor. The kids were cute. It was really a good movie and new my favorite. I will definitely watch it again if it comes on again.

Pushy leads are becoming a trend in these holiday films

[LordOfLotion · 1/10 · 17 December 2022]

This is the second Hallmark Christmas movie I've seen this year with a totally unrealistic premise and a pushy character making me uncomfortable watching. Haul Out the Holly was the first. While that one managed some comedic moments this one is just plain bad. Michelle the optometrist runs around her daughter's school like the Christmas Eye Fairy passing out reading glasses and diagnosing people with color blindness whether they want it or not. Ryan is a colorblind Scrooge who won't let the kids decorate his classroom. Michelle decides to fix Ryan and will not take no for an answer. Not only does Michelle push these glasses on him, she also pushes Christmas decorations in his classroom, and we all know you can't do that. Plus the characters are almost manic with all the "I love science! Trust the science!" stuff to the point that it's just unnatural. It's also ironic considering they didn't even depict the colorblindness accurately. I don't know why Hallmark is making movies like this, but these overly pushy characters with their singular obsessions are not enhancing the season. I kind of rate these based on whether I'll watch them again, and this one is a definite no. Do yourself a favor and change the channel when this one is on. I wish I had.

Heartwarming and makes you cry in the end

[meg196 · 8/10 · 11 December 2022]

If you're into Hallmark movies, you know how hard it is to find a Christmas movie with a new, fresh concept. With Ryan's colorblind character experiencing the world beyond black & white for the first time, it's really a fresh take that makes you feel grateful to be able to see color, and appreciate Christmas all the more. The scenes where he sees color for the first time are sweet and memorable.

The leads have acted well and the storyline is kind of endearing. I just wish they had zoomed in a bit more on the two lead characters Ryan and Michelle falling for each other, which they obviously were. Their chemistry could have been given more room to develop. Also, the other (unnecessary) supporting characters were given screen space they didn't deserve, like Michelle's ex-boyfriend Mark, who is a bit of a scary stalker overstepping boundaries, which is not in sync with her otherwise strong and successful optometrist character to allow him to do in the first place, but we're lost on the (probably meaningless) history there.

Also, a small continuity issue - when she goes to pick Michelle from school but ends up having a gift-wrapping fun time at the church with Ryan after school when he tries on his glasses for the first time - kind of leaves the viewer confused if she forgot about her daughter Bailey (later clarified as Bailey being at the play rehearsal - when did that happen?)

The movie has some memorable lines. Such as outside the grocery store, Ryan says, "I'm going into hibernation for the holidays. Unless I randomly bump into my soulmate, I'm perfectly fine being alone for a while." Bumps into Michelle one second later. :-D

One thing that could have saved the movie from any so-called "bad" reviews is background music. There are times when the right music could have enhanced the scenes and made them even more heartwarming than they were. I think music scores really take away the boring and slow aspect of any movie, especially a nice one like this, which just goes a bit silent on some pivotal moments.

I rarely cry at the end of Hallmark movies, but this one was something, especially when the girl watches Ryan put a coat around her mother's shoulder on Christmas morning. The movie could have ended there with sweet music and it would have been perfect too. Overall, a nice movie totally worth watching, even again, for some holiday cheer.

Cute but so dry...

[xxmisssvxx · 5/10 · 14 December 2022]

This is one of the most driest Christmas movies I have ever seen. I get the storyline but the entire film is so lackluster, and feels forced. I have nothing against the characters but it feels like they're trying too hard to make the entire film convincing, let alone the storyline. It's a film you'll watch one time and forget about it because it's just not solid enough, even with a few cute elements. Those elements feel forced, too.

Christmas movies, generally speaking, is meant to give you the holiday feels, I get that, but it's also cheesy and unrealistic. It forces us to believe that everyone is giving, helpful, more specifically, around Christmas time, and that there is always some handsome prince out there waiting to sprinkle his magic by accident to someone unsuspecting, and fall in love. Total cliché for sure. Anyway, circling back, this film is a solid 5/10 for me. It's nice but only for one night.

The most colorful dud of the year

[tooterbears · 4/10 · 22 December 2022]

The concept of The Most Colorful Time of the Year was wonderful. Unfortunately Michelle, an optometrist(played by Katrina Bowden) was so unprofessional and irritating we could hardly finish the movie. While Bowden did as well as she could given the boundaries of the script, she could not cover the stupidity of the script of sharing private information of Ryan(Christopher Russell) with her sister and her daughter, who is a student in Ryan's class. Bowden's character Michelle also went out of her way to embarrass Ryan by asking him to pick out colors of candies for a gingerbread house--all this in front of her daughter!!!!

There was a touching moment with the sunset but all in all whoever wrote this does not understand medical ethics.

An emotional homerun

[ramsestg-01276 · 10/10 · 16 December 2022]

This movie varies from typical lighthearted Christmas romcoms by approaching a very real and serious subject. Katrina Bowden is very believable as the concerned optometrist but Christopher Russell really sells the pain and suffering of someone who has lived his entire life with color blindness. He really evokes well the emotions that one would imagine of someone seeing colors for the first time in his life as an adult. He makes you feel along with the character what it must be like to realize what you have been missing your entire life. Just the sheer beauty of life all around us that the rest of us take for granted every day. Beyond that experience there is the obligatory miscommunication of most Hallmark movies that leads to the ultimate romantic coupling of the two main characters. In addition to everything else, I find there to be a definite charisma between the two lead actors that evokes the emotions Hallmark movies are famous for. This has immediately become one of my all time Christmas favorites from Hallmark and I hope to find it available for purchase soon.

Just hand him the glasses thirsty doctor!

[hallmarkmov · 4/10 · 6 January 2023]

The optometrist really should lose her license for the way she violated this guy's privacy. How did she fill out the application when she's never done an exam on him? When she claims she went through his files (again without consent) and says he's never done the colourblindness test before, how did she prove he had colourblindness for the trial? Then she calls the guy's personal phone multiple times (which he didn't give her) and tells him to come in to get them only for the glasses not to be there! What?!! And then she wanted to do the test after making a thousand assumptions already? Like why bother at that point. Just hand him the damn glasses you think are so effective. He had every right to be upset- angry even! She's worried about her ex being a stalker yet she does the exact same thing. I really thought he was going to colour blind for red and green- Christmas colours- and I have family with that and it would fit with the movie a lot better. Although none of them wear these special glasses and are fine- just certain jobs they were told they couldn't do. The flower shop scene was strange. Why is there hot chocolate and seats? Is the smelling thing real? Wouldn't that be true for everything though? He likes to cook and I doubt it would be so specific to just the smell of flowers and nothing else. Some fact checking should be done or don't even touch these subjects. When the guy wears the glasses he started acting very silly- just like Chris hemsworth in ghost busters and that was not a good role. I'll skip this movie next Christmas.

Fresh, Refreshing and Enjoyable

[cincy-47983 · 9/10 · 23 December 2022]

Hallmark has definitely improved as several (not all) of their movies for the 2022 Christmas season feel fresh and new and not just the same old formula elements.

Yes, some Hallmark formuliac elements are here but, for the most part, this story feels new and it is an upbeat story. I don't know if the science behind the special glasses is correct and I see some other reviews critizing this but, to me, that was not a deterrent. The show was well acted, well produced and directed. It was a joy to watch from start to end. Would love to see more Hallmark movies with the both of these lead actors, Katrina Bowden and Christopher Russel.

Kudos to Hallmark for starting to provide fresh entertainment. It is way past due.

Great Acting! Just boring

[HallmarkJenny · 4/10 · 11 December 2022]

This was a cute storyline with a real-world problem health problem that affects how someone views the world and Christmas. The plotline does sound silly, the actors are so genuine and sweet and the plot works. I enjoyed seeing Christopher Russell in a different type of role for him, but I love him in nature-related movies more. Katrina Bowden is endearing and radiant. I am so happy that she is here at Hallmark Channel bringing us viewers joy in her movies.

The Most Colorful Time of the Year Summary Michelle is an optometrist that fights for her daughter's teacher, Ryan, to acknowledge that he is colorblind and go through a clinic trial for state-of-the-art glasses that will allow him to see colors. Ryan is ashamed that he cannot see colors and is angry at the world and Christmas as he cannot view both the way that others can. Ultimately, Michelle's daughter delivers Ryan the trial's glasses allowing him to see in color. Ryan can finally see the world in color as opposed to black-and-white. As a result, Ryan's heart and Christmas spirit grows, allowing him to let love, with the color, into his life.

"It's like I've been living my whole life in the shadows and suddenly, someone came along and flicked on a light. Just like that, I'm seeing the extraordinary beauty of the world for the first time." -Ryan.

MeetCute Michelle is an Optometrist providing eye exams for Ryan's 4th grade class when she asks the teacher, Ryan, to participate in an exam. Michelle suspects that Ryan is colorblind.

Later, the students are decorating gingerbread houses and Michelle tests his eyesight by asking him to pass her different colored candies. Ryan gets red and green right, but does not get yellow and blue correct. Instead, he gives her purple and pink and Michelle then knows that he is colorblind.

Christmas Festivities Christmas Tree in Classroom Gingerbread House Decorating Wrapping Christmas Presents Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Ornament Decorating Elementary School Christmas Concert Christmas Morning Opening Gifts.

Ending Kiss

Ryan surprises Michelle with a heart bouquet of roses at her Optometrist office and brings her a rose, telling her he is 'smitten' by her and he would like to go on a date with her.

Ryan and Michelle finish decorating Ryan's Christmas Tree and then kiss under the mistletoe.

Christmas Morning, Ryan opens Christmas Presents and drinks hot cocoa with Michelle and her daughter, Bailey.

Habitual Line Stepper Imposes Their Will....

[cocobuttr72-311-53542 · 4/10 · 2 January 2023]

I really liked the science aspect of this movie. I liked that Michelle wasn't a party planner or marketing guru trying to make partner. She's a successful opthalmologist and single mother.

Unfortunately, that's all I liked about her because she has a major defect--she can't respect boundaries. She comes into her daughter's classroom and basically overrides all the teacher's objections to Christmas decorations. And despite his misgivings and objections regarding a treatment for his condition, she forges his signature for special, experimental glasses.

Isn't that breaking some kind of HIPPA law?

Still, Michelle's behavior wasn't as creepy as her exes'. Geesh, this guy stepped right out of a Lifetime movie. He kept popping up at the weirdest times and places.

This movie will not be on my viewing radar again.