I love Kelsey Grammer and I enjoyed Fraser but this is terrible. The casting is all wrong. The 3 kids Don't look young enough to be Kelsey's daughters. Kelsey Grammer is 67 years old and Elizabeth Hurley ,although she looks great ,is 57 years old and is supposed to be his daughter. The youngest daughter is in college . Also, I'm not a fan of Billy Ray Cyrus but , I guess was OK in it. I was looking forward to this Christmas movie but it's a definite pass. I wouldn't waste my time. I just felt the casting was all wrong and I couldn't get beyond that. The story is kind of dumb also. Sadly I cannot recommend this.
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Love Kelsey- love the Caribbean but not this movie so much
denisekeefer25 December 2022
First,
It is nice and not too heavy and had its sweet moments.
I honestly love me some Elizabeth Hurley- and Kelsey Grammer but 1) the casting in this was ( I'm gonna say it) just weird. Elizabeth Hurley- is Kelsey's daughter ? And she a newly pregnant mom? She looks amazing true but quite the stretch. The youngest daughter is ( I could be wrong about this) recently out of college? Okay so I guess we're suppose to use our creative mind- EH has a baby a little later in life. Ok. The youngest daughter went back to college or whatever but none of them barely look young enough to be his daughters? Billy Ray was Billy Ray- decent job all the way through but this was just a hard one to watch for me I love Christmas movies and am good with mushy or sappy but this was just a bit off and odd.
I honestly love me some Elizabeth Hurley- and Kelsey Grammer but 1) the casting in this was ( I'm gonna say it) just weird. Elizabeth Hurley- is Kelsey's daughter ? And she a newly pregnant mom? She looks amazing true but quite the stretch. The youngest daughter is ( I could be wrong about this) recently out of college? Okay so I guess we're suppose to use our creative mind- EH has a baby a little later in life. Ok. The youngest daughter went back to college or whatever but none of them barely look young enough to be his daughters? Billy Ray was Billy Ray- decent job all the way through but this was just a hard one to watch for me I love Christmas movies and am good with mushy or sappy but this was just a bit off and odd.
Just stupid
anord-9700428 December 2023
Liz Hurley just had a baby in this movie... Never do anybody mention that she is close to 60! And she certainly looks it, even if they try hard to make her look younger.
If you like Billie Ray Cyrus, you might enjoy 7% of the film, otherwise, stay clear of it! The script is thin an unbeliveable, the acting is poor, the plot doesn't exist, so giving it two stars is based on a few glimps of decent Kelsey Grammer acting.
When Billie Ray is playing and singing, he is backed by bands and choirs, even when he is alone. He doesn't move his hand, and still plays the guitar.
The movie does talk about illness, serious enough, but I can see a thousand ways to do it better!
If you like Billie Ray Cyrus, you might enjoy 7% of the film, otherwise, stay clear of it! The script is thin an unbeliveable, the acting is poor, the plot doesn't exist, so giving it two stars is based on a few glimps of decent Kelsey Grammer acting.
When Billie Ray is playing and singing, he is backed by bands and choirs, even when he is alone. He doesn't move his hand, and still plays the guitar.
The movie does talk about illness, serious enough, but I can see a thousand ways to do it better!
Weird, turned it off after 20 min.
melissac-8349122 December 2023
First, it's creepy because those of us that know Elizabeth Hurley barely ages (partially good genes and the rest plastic surgery I suppose) and she keeps calling Kelsey Grammar who is only 10 years older than her IRL daddy (every other sentence when she is talking to him). He keeps saying "my daughter". It's odd! Billy Ray is in what looks like an Amish Willie Nelson wig. That's in the beginning with the braids, but it looks more normal after he lets it down. It made me laugh because I've met BRC and he actually get tired of ABH. For me it was just hard to watch because if the creepiness. On another note, I do love all of the actors.... In other things.
When a bad film happens to good people...
matt_sole-372-20820330 December 2023
The film begins establishing that 57 year old Liz Hurley is mother to a newborn baby.
The grasp on reality just gets further away from this point on.
I picked this film because it was 89 minutes long as 90 minute movies tend to have a good pace and easy to watch. This film felt much, much longer than a compact hour and a half.
Of that 89 minutes, over 10 minutes of it was Billy Ray Cyrus singing various songs from his back catalogue. All the time he is on screen you can't help but stare at his poorly dyed beard.
The writing is poor, characters are paper thing and there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of story.
It's too sentimental to be a jaunty festive comedy, it's too light and vapid to be a meaningful piece of cinema. It's just lots of nothing.
It's a shame, because there are a lot of excellent actors on screen, but everything else about this film is awful.
The grasp on reality just gets further away from this point on.
I picked this film because it was 89 minutes long as 90 minute movies tend to have a good pace and easy to watch. This film felt much, much longer than a compact hour and a half.
Of that 89 minutes, over 10 minutes of it was Billy Ray Cyrus singing various songs from his back catalogue. All the time he is on screen you can't help but stare at his poorly dyed beard.
The writing is poor, characters are paper thing and there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of story.
It's too sentimental to be a jaunty festive comedy, it's too light and vapid to be a meaningful piece of cinema. It's just lots of nothing.
It's a shame, because there are a lot of excellent actors on screen, but everything else about this film is awful.
A fun sequel
jack_thompson-490844 December 2022
I felt Christmas in paradise was a very entertaining and enjoyable sequel to The 2021 movie Christmas Is Back
Kelsey grammer Elizabeth Hurley were great .
The cinematography was very good Philippe Martinez and Mick Davis have done a great job with these movie's and they have a good track record
The movie is fun for the whole family just as well as the first movie
The film uses its budget really well and it's a very nice feel good movie
There's warm moments too and it has a nice pace
It feels like the Christmas Family are becoming a nice stable of the festive season and I would like to see a 3rd movie be made.
The cinematography was very good Philippe Martinez and Mick Davis have done a great job with these movie's and they have a good track record
The movie is fun for the whole family just as well as the first movie
The film uses its budget really well and it's a very nice feel good movie
There's warm moments too and it has a nice pace
It feels like the Christmas Family are becoming a nice stable of the festive season and I would like to see a 3rd movie be made.
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