In the lead-up to Christmas, emergency room doctor Hannah Michaels juggles her demanding job and a budding romance with EMT Wes Sullivan in Philadelphia.In the lead-up to Christmas, emergency room doctor Hannah Michaels juggles her demanding job and a budding romance with EMT Wes Sullivan in Philadelphia.In the lead-up to Christmas, emergency room doctor Hannah Michaels juggles her demanding job and a budding romance with EMT Wes Sullivan in Philadelphia.
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- TriviaErik Athavale and Lauren Cochrane appeared together in Haunted Wedding.
- GoofsAt approximately 27 minutes, 30 seconds, Hannah unlocks the door to her apartment from the outside on the left side of the door. At approximately 27 minutes, 37 seconds, Hannah is seen at her door, receiving a delivery and the lock to the door is on the other side of the door frame.
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Another Christmas movie that I was not familiar with prior to sitting down and watching it here in 2024 as part of my December month of Christmas movie marathon.
And since I had not heard about it, of course I didn't know what I was in for. But I assumed, from the cover of the movie, that it would be an archetypical sappy Christmas movie, for better or worse.
Writers Chris Sey and Jennifer Barrow put together a script and storyline that didn't really particularly capture my interest. The narrative was simply too mundane and uninteresting. And, in all honesty, it was a boring and difficult movie to sit through, especially since the narrative failed to bring that particular special sappy Christmas feel to the screen.
I wasn't really familiar with the cast ensemble, though I do recall having seen leading actor Ser'Darius Blain somewhere before. And I had to look him up here on IMDb, and saw he was in the newer Jumanji movies. I wasn't familiar with leading actress Sara Canning. The movie also failed to entertain me, as there wasn't really any believable chemistry between the leading actor and actress, and with this supposed to be a sappy Christmas movie, chemistry is a key ingredient. I will say, though, that the acting performances in the movie were fair.
"Christmas On Call" just didn't have that special and unique Christmas magic to it, you know, the kind you see in the archetypical sappy Christmas movies. And that is one of the major reasons for why the movie failed to deliver.
This is by no means a movie with the contents to be a Christmas movie. Nor is it even a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time, nor is it a movie that I would recommend you to waste 84 minutes on watching.
My rating of director Jeff Beesley's 2024 movie "Christmas On Call" lands on a three out of ten stars.
And since I had not heard about it, of course I didn't know what I was in for. But I assumed, from the cover of the movie, that it would be an archetypical sappy Christmas movie, for better or worse.
Writers Chris Sey and Jennifer Barrow put together a script and storyline that didn't really particularly capture my interest. The narrative was simply too mundane and uninteresting. And, in all honesty, it was a boring and difficult movie to sit through, especially since the narrative failed to bring that particular special sappy Christmas feel to the screen.
I wasn't really familiar with the cast ensemble, though I do recall having seen leading actor Ser'Darius Blain somewhere before. And I had to look him up here on IMDb, and saw he was in the newer Jumanji movies. I wasn't familiar with leading actress Sara Canning. The movie also failed to entertain me, as there wasn't really any believable chemistry between the leading actor and actress, and with this supposed to be a sappy Christmas movie, chemistry is a key ingredient. I will say, though, that the acting performances in the movie were fair.
"Christmas On Call" just didn't have that special and unique Christmas magic to it, you know, the kind you see in the archetypical sappy Christmas movies. And that is one of the major reasons for why the movie failed to deliver.
This is by no means a movie with the contents to be a Christmas movie. Nor is it even a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time, nor is it a movie that I would recommend you to waste 84 minutes on watching.
My rating of director Jeff Beesley's 2024 movie "Christmas On Call" lands on a three out of ten stars.
- paul_haakonsen
- Dec 11, 2024
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