And here's the second film in our Tuesday Night is Film Night Christmas season, an adorable family film;
A Christmas Romance
Starring Olivia Newton-John, as the widow Julia Stonecypher, this Christmas tale tells the story of her struggle to make ends meets, living as she does with her two daughters, on a remote mountain.
Her luck runs out just before Christmas, the bills have mounted up and the bank sends out a representative to discuss her options and the necessity to sell up. And so enters the love interest in the tale; Brian Harding played by Gregory Harrison.
Brian arrives at the remote farm, just as a blizzard is drifting in and after some doorstep arguing over the unpaid bills, drives off only to crash his car moments later. Obviously Julia takes him back in to care for the now delirious and concussed banker.
So what turns out to be mutual disdain for each other evolves into a romance, you'll have to watch it for the complete details!
For me there's a few things that make this an ideal Christmas story, firstly and foremost it is the story, it is atypical of this type of film but it works and works very well. Based on the novel of the same name written by Maggie Davis, it provides a good heart warming tale of Christmas spirit, where love and happiness win over the hardship and depression.
Secondly, the cast is great, Olivia Newton-John is loveliness personified, with her bouncy blond pony tail. Gregory Harrison plays it well as the love interest, plus and very importantly the two girls who play the Sonecypher daughters are excellent. Chloe Lattanzi as Deenie and Stephanie Sawyer as Emily Rose, really do make a great difference and play their roles excellently. Mind you, Chloe Lattanzi has had plenty of practice of being a daughter to Olivia Newton-John, as she is her real life daughter!
A Christmas Romance is a film that you should look out for, if you like cutesy, heartwarming, Christmas feelgood films, with a little romance thrown in. It's an ideal film to curl up with on a cold winters evening, a real fun, feelgood festive film.
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