bettycjung 6/6/18. A light romance movie in which a rich woman learns what it's like to be in love with what really counts. Her father sends her back to the town he grew up in so she can learn more about her roots. She develops an appreciation for people who are not as blessed as she is and an awareness of just how superficial her fiance really is. Good thing, right?

Prismark10 Ellen Langford (Eliza Taylor) is a rich party girl who creates salacious newspaper headlines. Her father has had enough. To prove to him she is fit to inherit the family business, she is sent on a bus with $100 to deliver and a special Christmas letter to her dad's former partner in the small town of Snow Falls which has no mobile phone signal. Ellen cannot tell anyone who she really is.Her suitcase is run over by the local cabbie and innkeeper Jake Collins (Jake Lacy) who once spent some time in New York but he did not like the big city life. Ellen is stranded in the town during a snowstorm. She works in the inn to make some money, learns how to bake with the help of Jake's aunt. Ellen after spending some time in Snow Falls has a different outlook in life and falls for Jake despite being engaged.Although made by Netflix this is not too far removed from the Hallmark Christmas cookie cutter formula. Ellen and Jake give appealing performances but it all too syrupy. A sugar laced romance with the subtext of you have to go to a small town to find the true meaning of life.

carrona Don't get me wrong. In many ways this movie ticks all the boxes when it comes to formulaic cheesiness. Is there an attractive, secretly wealthy boy/ or girl who's working undercover (to learn about themselves and/or learn how to take over the family's company or kingdom as part of an inheritance and/or experience the real world)? Yes!Does the action take place in a small, wholesome, cosy little town and/or palace in some East European-ovia country? Yes!Is the object of their attraction a pretty or handsome-yet-ordinary person with a heart of gold? Yes! Is one of them due to get married to/in a relationship with, someone they don't really love? Yes! Is there a late-in-the-day 'misunderstanding' between the romantic leads - which has to be resolved before they finally realize they're meant for each other? Yup.All's well and good in this movie, except for one thing. I'm sure the male lead is a lovely person in real life but he's mis-cast. For these type of movies to work, BOTH leads need to be attractive. Even attractive and quirky is okay.The girl is beautiful and adorable. Too bad the male lead in "Christmas Inheritance" ain't no HUNK. He's just downright goofy looking.......and not in a unconventional, fanciable way.For that reason alone, sadly it's a FAIL from me!

lchapman-67094 Takes place in a small "hick town," one with no cell reception, but that has a bustling downtown, an Apple Store, and internet. Plus it looks like most everyone has a job and can afford to shop at the stores and eat at the restaurants. The town is so thriving that it can afford to string holiday lights everywhere you might want to go, even in the forest. The characters are sadly as one dimensional as the environment in which they live and the writers missed numerous opportunities to impart more than one Christmas value. The positive value they are trying to share is that of charity towards others, but the movie also shows the value in the power of pouting and acting like a jerk to get what you want. The writers have made the male protagonist so unlikable, and the actor's stiff rendering adds to this, that the ending is superficial and hollow. The writers missed a huge opportunity to make this movie about personal transformation on many levels, and involving more than one character. But the permission they give to the male protagonist to use charity to feed his ego, to put down people who don't give what he does, and to become a three-year old when things aren't going his way, is unforgivable. On the plus side, the other actors did a good job and the storyline is sweet and timeless. Just be ready to explain to young ones that passive aggressive behavior is not a Christmas value.