Dashing in December

Gosto do tema que o filme trás que é em Clima de Natal, porém a história dos protagonistas leva tanto tempo de desenvolvimento, que foi um pouco difícil segurar o sono em alguns diálogos. Vejo que os protagonistas e até mesmo as personagens da mãe e da melhor amiga, se esforçam para tentar entregar algum envolvimento com o roteiro, mas por fim, devido o mal desenvolver de todo o enredo, são entregas básicas. Definitivamente, esse filme não entrará para a minha lista de um dos filmes favoritos nas temáticas de Natal e nem sobre a comunidade LGBTQIAP+

"Honestly, it could have been much better. Unfortunately, when the movie tries to move forward with something interesting, it falls back into the clichés typical of rural romance films."

Loved it! Wonderful story, great cast and catchy soundtrack. I watched it twice.

Charming. Great music. Ending a bit rushed but good for a gay movie. Maybe you've turned the corner in mainstreaming.

An adorable cookie cutter hallmark-esque movie! It's refreshing to see a movie with gay representation that doesn't focus on trauma or the coming-out process. This is a cheesy, silly must-see!

This is a charmless, hopeless, wretched, painful, toxic exposition. I'd have been better off watching paint dry. I will never endure this awfulness again.

2.5 stars This was the first Hallmark-y /Harlequin serials formula Christmas movie I sat through. It was painful but OK. Plus a good breakthrough with LGBTQ representation—now every person can be a focus of generic, overly sweet and substance-free, low-set-design-budget tv romance holiday films. It had it all: opening with an office Christmas party in a big city where the main character is going back to his (her/their) small hometown to settle a family issue like selling the house or stopping new construction over a town landmark, and they have a meet/cute with someone, and decide to save the day and stay. This time there are two hunky actors in plaid and sweaters instead of one. The set design scored a zero, with a dance bar that looked like a bar mitzvah hall. Don't think the moviemakers here planned to have DinD more than it was, so it's fine.

Formulaic but sweet holiday rom-com, given a bit of distinction via (highly attractive) male leads in a same-sex love story. Opening snark is a little high, but convincing chemistry slowly grows between Wyatt and Heath culminating in a lovely outside slow dance scene, and the stakes are suitably raised in such a way that one is actually not sure whether or not our couple will make it based on their different personalities and values. (Gay twist aside, it's a holiday rom-com; what do you think?) A radiant Andie Macdowell—more relaxed, warm and lovely than ever—really gives this a boost, along with the Colorado-set scenery.

So here's the thing - it's bad. The acting is bad, the editing is bad, the plot is meh. BUT there aren't many gay holiday movies, and I can appreciate the effort. If you are looking for a good representative christmas movie I would check out The Happiest Season then any other gay Christmas movie and then if you find yourself still wanting a cheesy christmas movie with LGBT characters. This...exists.

I only watched about the first 15 minutes. It was just bad. The actors were phoning it in, woodenly going through the motions of a formulaic script.