From the beginning I was a bit cringy. The movie literally opens with a woman getting a wake-up call at her hotel. Excuse me, but who, in this day and age, uses a hotel desk service instead of a cellphone as an alarm? Then there is the color scheme. The spoiled uber rich wear glaring neon colors, the "townies" wear normal, found-in-nature colors. Then came the slapstick. Lindsay Lohan's boyfriend is an over-the-top idiot. Everything is heavy-handed. The "gentle magic" of a possible Santa is made obvious rather than hinted at. The plot, a huge "Overboard" ripoff, is predictable. Lindsay Lohan, with her unmoving plastic face, looks much older than her costars, Chord Overstreet and George Young, even though she isn't. Please, please, if there is a God, stop these Hollywood women from using so many injectibles. It's just too broad, not subtle, and didn't draw me in. Oh well.
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