Skip to main content

The Holiday Calendar (film review) *contains spoilers*


Film: The Holiday Calendar
Year: 2018
Genre: Drama, Romance
Directed By: Bradley Walsh
Starring: Kat Graham, Quincy Brown, Ethan Peck
About: A struggling but talented photographer inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future. Will this magical calendar lead her to love this holiday season?
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7gv28_uX0

 My Review:
Wanting to get in the Christmas spirit my mum decided to put on The Holiday Calendar which is currently available to watch on Netflix. This film did end up surprising us both with how much we ended up enjoying it and it did bring me some holiday cheer.

I thought that this film was good in that it showed how the main character Abby wasn't really happy with how her life was and felt like the photography in which she was doing wasn't the kind in which she wanted to do but needed the job so kept at it. Not only this but by having her grandfather notice she needed something to make her happy gave her an advent calendar in which seems to alter her life. As the days go on the toys in which she gets seems to predict her future and finds her love with someone she meets because of the calendar however as her best friend Josh is also comes back to town the audience is able to see how much he loves her and how she overlooks him as she sees him as just a friend. Along the way things for Abby gets worse till she realises that Josh has always been the person she has been looking for and how everyone else noticed it before she did. I thought that the love between Josh and Abby was really sweet and kept me routing for them to get together from the very start of the movie when they are both introduced. Also seeing the things in which Josh does to keep Abby happy was really sweet and keeps her trying to reach her dreams and not give them up which will make her upset. I thought by having the toys represent something of every day with boots, Christmas tree, three wise men and snowflake was really nice as it gave a very festive feel to the movie even though it was all based around Christmas. Having the other love interest which wasn't right for her showed that sometimes you need a bad relationship in order to see who is right in front of you and show you who truly loves you.

I did think that the film could have showed more about the calendar and the magic behind it as it was rather jumped past which would have been good to see happen. I also thought that some of romance o the movie didn't have as much chemistry as I would have hoped for with a Christmas romance movie even though it was rather cheesy.

I did end up really enjoying this film however and is a holiday film I would recommend for anyone looking for a romance Christmas movie which is rather cute and not the same as all the other movies of its kind. I will definitely be adding this to some of my favourite Christmas films.

 My Rating: 4/5 

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • If you have seen this film what was your opinion of it? 
  • Do you have a film we should review? If so comment it below 
To keep up to date with us please Subscribe and check out the following:
Tumblr: www.movieandbooksgirl.tumblr.com
To Support The Blog Please Donate To: www.ko-fi.com/AshleighAbsurd

For business inquiries please e-mail: ashleighabsurd@gmail.com
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Teacher, My Obsession (film review) *contains spoilers*

Film: My Teacher, My Obsession Year: 2018 Genre: Drama, Thriller Directed By: Damian Romay Starring: Lucy Loken, Laura Bilgeri, Rusty Joiner About:  Riley struggles to meet friends after transferring to a new high school where her father is an English teacher. When she meets Kyla, a fellow loner, they become close friends until Riley learns that Kyla is obsessed with her father. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4F3Sn-Xzzo My Review: Wanting a style of film I don't usually watch but do enjoy I decided to watch the stalker movie that is My Teacher, My Obsession  which is based on an English teacher who starts at a new school. However, when one of the students gets obsessed with him she will do anything to be with him including secluding him from everyone else. I liked the foreshadowing at the beginning of the movie which matched up to the ending very well and shows how throughout the movie that this was coming up. I also liked how the film showed how the stude
Post a Comment
Read more

She's The Man (film review) *contains spoilers*

Film: She's The Man Year: 2006 Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport Directed By: Andy Fickman Starring: Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum About:  When her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf67WlthWXk My Review: Having spent a lot of my teenage years watching She's The Man I thought I would give it a watch as I hadn't seen it in a while and loved this film all over again. I love how this film although being about football and being something I am not interested in brings it to an enjoyable place for me as well as having the comedy and romance side to keep me fully entertained. Having the film show how the girls team was cut from Viola's school and showing how she just wanted to play and would have played on the b
1 comment
Read more

Mysteries and Secrets of Magic - C.J.S. Thompson (book review)

Book: Mysteries and Secrets of Magic Author: C.J.S. Thompson Published By: Senate Published Year: 1927 My Review:  As this book is a non-fiction book about magic I did find this rather interesting to read however it seemed like this novel was more of a tester to see what kind of topic you would be most interested in with it only having short amounts on various topics such as: Supernatural Beings, Greek and Roman Magic, Magical Numbers, The Grimoires or Handbook of Black Magic, Magic in Shakespeare's Plays and many more. This did however teach me about magic that I didn't know about and now want to look more into as a result of this book and discover more about the magic of the past as well if there is any use of magic in the world now as we know it in 2018 almost 100 years after this book was first published. I would recommend this book to those who would like to know more about magic however don't know what they would like to learn as this will help you know what as
4 comments
Read more