Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sierra McCormick | ... | Kara Gentry | |
Brighton Sharbino | ... | Jessie Wilkins | |
Bo Derek | ... | Elsa Gentry | |
Shelley Long | ... | Judy Wilkins | |
Christopher Rich | ... | Bob Gentry | |
JoeDon Rooney | ... | Jim Wilkins (as Joe Don Rooney) | |
Tiffany Fallon | ... | Sherry | |
Paula Trickey | ... | Ida Beth | |
Christian Kane | ... | Jeff Gentry | |
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Tisha Bradford | ... | June (as Tisha Alexander Bradford) |
Bryan Whorton | ... | Roy Wilkins | |
Gavin Taylor | ... | Roger Wilkins | |
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Parker Ridings | ... | Donnie Ray Wilkins |
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Thatcher Ridings | ... | Junior Wilkins |
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Bryson Smith | ... | Wesley |
It's Christmas time. Kara Gentry's wealthy grandfather, Bob Gentry, who she's never met due to his estrangement from her father - his son, Jeff Gentry - has telephoned for the first time in years asking Kara to spend Christmas with him and her grandmother, Elsa Gentry. Jessie Wilkins, who has been living with her Aunt Jenny following the death of her mother earlier in the year - her father never having been in the picture for a reason she doesn't know - has just been contacted by her paternal widowed grandmother, Judy Wilkins, who she's never met, to spend Christmas with her. Kara and Jessie, both fifteen years old, meet on the same Burlington, Vermont to Stillwater, Oklahoma flight, and, becoming fast friends, learn of the other's Christmas plans which they are both dreading. When they also learn that they are both heading to the small town of Guthrie, they at the last minute decide to switch places so that Kara can experience a Christmas with who she considers a real person unlike ... Written by Huggo
This is called The Christmas Trap (no doubt a lazy reference to The Parent Trap) so I thought I knew the level of cheese I was in for.
I was wrong
The plot holes are canyonesque in size and the multiple revelations made to the audience and onscreen characters in the final scene are just too much.
So why have I given it an above average score?
The first 80% is exactly what I expected and satisfied my cheese quota, and the final denouement was just insane and made me laugh so hard I cried, so I had to give it extra stars for that.