Your Christmas or Mine 2

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I don't get the bad reviews. It's a Christmas movie...what the heck do people expect??? Its like Hallmark movie but British, with great acting, and with no fake snow. If you don't want a formulaic movie, stay away from almost ever Christmas movie ever made including this one. But, if by chance, you want a good Christmas movie please give it a shot. But make sure you watch the first movie before this one. The reason I watch Christmas movies is for the warm fuzzies and to "learn" the true meaning of Christmas again. This fits the bill. It also has enough laughs to keep you entertained until the end. Not the best movie ever made, but well worth your time and hopefully a smile at the end. Merry Christmas.

We remember the first movie not being too bad, so sat down to watch the sequel as we fancied a Christmas movie. I don't know where to start really but it was incredibly cringey throughout and there isn't a single part that was funny or entertaining. The main failure is that the characters you are meant to like are actually rather horrible, and the ones you are meant to hate really didn't do much wrong. The main mother is meant to be the hero but she's really just a jealous cow to be honest. Just because they are rich they must be evil and vice versa, terribly lazy scripting. Avoid like the plague!

Absolute boondoggle! Don't get me wrong, if you grabbed me and a bunch of my friends and told me we could have an all expenses paid ski vacation with just a little bit of work plus inviting Jane Kracowski(sp) along for the ride I'd be all over it. I know these things are formulaic but how many misunderstandings can you fit in one roof? Also, out of curiosity, we gwon go to Jamaica? Asa has seemingly avoided the curse of child actor and fits the bill of genuine person who happens to be of station. The actress who plays Haley is also genuine and beautiful. Pretty good but the mishaps are too many.

The plot line made no sense, several attempts to recreate situations from the first movie, the drama between characters was overly dramatic given what the actual situations were... the only good thing about this sequel was that it had Jaqueline from kimmy Schmit! By the end I couldn't care less about any of the characters. It's not that anything in particular was awful, it was just an unnecessary film - they could've done so much more with the switching places idea... this felt lazy and like a prolonged advert for a luxury skiing hotel! Disappointing considering I watched this straight after the first movie.

The sequel has arrived just one year after the original. As the first movie was feeble my hopes were not raised for the sequel. James (Asa Butterfield) and Hayley (Cora Kirk) and their respective families are about to go on a skiing holiday for Christmas in the Austrian alps. Although James wealthy father Humphrey has offered to pay for the trip. Hayley's dad Geoff Taylor wants to make his own arrangements. Only there is a mix up. The Taylors end up in a posh retreat. Humphrey and his new American girlfriend have to rough it up in a hovel. While James plans to propose to Hayley but he never finds the right time or the right words. Your Christmas or Mine 2 is another lame dull rom com. It is basically James trying to propose to his girlfriend, gets interrupted, leads to a misunderstanding and it takes him almost two hours to finally get there.

It has an issue or two, but for the majority: a good watch. 'Your Christmas or Mine 2' doesn't improve upon its predecessor, it is compartively much weaker, but there are still some amusing moments in there, as well as a solid amount of festive vibes. The change of scenary concerned me early on in terms of how the film would turn out, but turn out well it does in fairness. Cast-wise it's pleasant, those onscreen are the movie's best feature in my opinion. Asa Butterfield and Cora Kirk are a suitable pairing, I mentioned in my review of the original that they didn't appear much together due to the plot but that isn't the case for the most part here. Those in support are swell, including Daniel Mays, Angela Griffin and David Bradley. Ram John Holder doesn't have much to do, though does have a very nice scene with Kirk late on. Jane Krakowski, meanwhile, is a positive addition. One, somewhat minor, issue I did have is the overdramatized plot device near the end. It goes from an overally happy story to all of a sudden becoming a soap opera, as the characters of Butterfield and Kirk hit major drama. It's so over the top, the film doesn't earn the sort of emotional beat that it was trying to portray. It didn't hit, but thankfully wraps up sharpish-ish. That aside, it's a film I'd recommend - especially if you like the first flick, obvs.