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Christmas Movie Reviews
· REVIEW: Heaven Down Here - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Four disparate people find themselves stranded in the local Rocco’s diner on Christmas Eve when a snowstorm hits the town closing all the roads. Imani (Krystal Joy Brown) is a widowed mother of two who’s having trouble making ends meet and reluctantly agrees to work the Christmas Eve shift, where she clashes with her boss Dan (Richard Harmon), who doesn’t exactly embody the Christmas spirit. They are joined by local Pastor, Felix (Juan Riedinger) desperately trying to secure food donations to feed parishioners in need. Meanwhile, his faith is challenged by his broken relationship with his son. Finally Clara (Tina Lifford), a hospice nurse working for a rude and stubborn patient Nancy (Phylicia Rashad) and whose daughter is moving away, which causes her to question her place in this world. Confined to the Diner because of the weather they begin to learn about each other and together rediscover the Christmas spirit. From the outset we are introduced to multiple storylines of people dealing with difficult life situations. It’s not immediately clear where all of these are going and no storyline takes the lead over the others. It was a little hard to follow at first (probably exacerbated by this being our second review of the night so we started it quite late when we were tired. Once the main characters all converged at the Diner, it all started to make sense. This is a tale of discovery and being in the moment to make lemons out of lemonade. Finding themselves trapped, each finds themselves learning and relying on each other to lift their down-trodden spirits. In the end, this is a surprisingly uplifting move and a definite departure from the Hallmark RomCom. There’s not a lingering look, a flirtatious montage, or climactic kiss to be seen. Instead, it drew some parallels to ‘Holiday Road’ as perfect strangers are brought together by circumstance,bond, and band together in times of struggle and need. It’s quite a few shades darker than normal Hallmark fare, but the characters are very relatable, and we did find ourselves caring for their individual plights. This movie relies on the characters to carry it as the bulk of the action takes place in a single location over the course of a single Christmas Eve night. There’s a wild plot twist come Christmas morning, and a stellar and emotional ending. This movie ended with a far higher rating than it began with. Stick with this one and we think you will be rewarded and blessed by this one. 7 and a half Christmas Trees out of 10.
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