adoptshelterpetstoday I liked this movie the first time I saw it...and increasingly when I saw the repeats. It just has a nice, enchanting story that flowed. It stayed focused on a Christmas theme and atmosphere...with Christmas settings...while melding nicely with the primary plot......."Edward" and "Ashton" were elegant and charming, respectively...a delightful change of persona from "over-bearing, macho" actors......I liked "Jules" part with her humbleness, sincerity and sense of responsibility...while having a fun side. But I think a slightly more beautiful actress should have played the part. Her teeth were really detracting as they dominated her face when she spoke or smiled...and why did her hair look oily?? But she was still likable, and played the part very well.....Of course the wardrobe person had very, very poor taste with that gown....The supporting caste was good...The only one that was annoying occasionally was "Miles" with his over-played rotten teenage attitude.....The script and the directing was good also. The entire movie was put together and presented very well...very, very enjoyable...time and time again.

Jules Pav I loved this movie. It's a lovely story/film. One of my favourite Christmas movies this year, I can't count how many times I've watched it, and I still can't find fault. I'm not bored with it either, which is unusual for me with movies these days. Take it for what it is, a traditional Christmas fairytale and don't look for/expect anything else, and you'll get everything you want from it. Personally I think too many critics don't know what 'artistic license' is and feel the need to spoil everyone else's enjoyment of a movie making a deal of it.Get over it, and keep it to yourself!

russedav Those "grinches" voting down this beautiful piece are stupid and incompetent bigots blind to what they saw because of the mirror they really rather looked into. Those cruel saps who put down Roger Moore as looking old seem to think that 84-year-olds like him should all look 50 or some such nonsense, too blind to see past the surface to the heart of his performance. I've just finished watching all of his original Saint TV episodes so it's difficult to vault the half-century gap from his dashing 1960s Simon Templar persona to his 2010s grandfather figure, but those who aren't fools know that fiction is supposed to be about the SUSPENSION of disbelief, not the embracing of it as most dimwit and daft post moderns who pretend and insist they don't know anything about anything and then proceed to order us around to tell us what to believe so that it agrees with them! All the characters are wonderful if you let them be and if they aren't, it's your fault, as with half the dimwitted reviewers since this should have been rated at least an 8.5. Don't let the naysayers ruin your Christmas by convincing you they have a clue as to what they're criticizing; they have the same spineless sponging leech morals as the sick and degenerate hypocrites that are the occupy wall street scum and Washington/state houses and especially noble Sam makes Prince Ashton outshine them all as a glorious model man, son, husband and father you will miss out on if you listen to the fool naysayers putting down this glorious Christmas movie by criticizing something about which they blindly haven't a clue. Wisely WATCH THIS GLORIOUS GEM, unlike the naysayers, and thereby love it or you'll kick yourself & regret it!

stellacadente-263-24070 I initially wanted to watch this film as it has Katie Mcgrath, she makes such a good Morgana. However i don't think she fully portrayed the character's persona. I hope to see Katie Mcgrath in a similar role, i'm sure she can do better. Furthermore I agree with all the others regarding the young boy, his acting wasn't really good, it just wasn't credible. I very much appalled by his acting. I love Christmas films but throughout this film i couldn't help but cringe. The quick changes of hearts just weren't conceivable. Unfortunately i just can't recommend watching this film, nor as a film for young kids and nor as a family film.