Un Noël impérial

source: Christmas in Vienna

Jess Waters (Sarah Drew) is a concert violinist looking for her music inspiration. It's nothing more than a job now and a rather tiresome one for her. Her friend Tori Voight gets her a performing gig in Vienna and introduces her to cousin Mark Olsen (Brennan Elliott). This is a Hallmark Christmas romance. I love Sarah Drew ever since Everwood. She's still great. There isn't much in terms of drama. There is barely a plot. It does have Vienna and that's the main attraction in this. It looks pretty. As a movie, it's rather bland. As a travel show, there is a good fifteen minutes.

Love this Hallmark movie. Lovely setting in Vienna. Brings back some good memories from when I visited there and Saltzburg. Nice romcom story and actors. Enjoyable, will watch it again sometime.

While the scenery was beautiful; the story was lacking. Thought that the actress dialogue was childish. Trying too hard to be glib.

The scenery. The chemistry between the leads. The nods to other movies. The storyline. My goodness, this is by far the best new movie of this Christmas season! Well done, Hallmark!

The star of this movie was definitely the Vienna back drop. The story line was boring was boring and uninspiring. Brennan Elliot was mis cast in this role, and too bad because in other roles we've enjoyed him. Though only 5 years older than Sarah Drew he appeared old enough to be her father. Sarah Drew was OK, but it was dreadfully obvious she wasn't playing the violin. That leaves Vienna which is why my rating was as high as it was. I was following around all the places in Vienna on Google. Great back drop, what a gorgeous city. Of all the 2020 Christmas movies we have seen this week, this was a major disappointment, it had so much promise.

I will never understand why Hallmark insists on casting Brennan Elliott as a leading man. He never connects with his leading ladies. He just always seems aloof. His best performance was as the villain in Kiss at Pine Lake, where his insincerity fits his character. Sarah Drew was wonderful carrying the movie. The rest of the cast was also very enjoyable. And the film captured the beauty of Vienna at Christmas time. Christmas in Europe is so much better than here in the States.

Works for me as a run of the mill 1930s mode omantic screwball comedy but little else. Misses the elements of the heroine of a successful Hallmark Romance, the "echtes Wiener Blut" spirit of Vienna and the true meaning of Christmas. Rarely do the high standards lo Hallmark allow rhis calibre of product to be shown as premiere.

Hallmark has made a movie for the ages! I feel as though I just spent an evening in Vienna! The setting is absolutely marvelous! The acting also is wonderful! This is a movie I would over and over again. The story is so well written that it seems like a beautiful opera ! Don't miss this one!

Not one of my favs. I felt this was bland for me. Acting of the side characters was awful! I just don't typically like when Hallmark focuses on kid characters which is what this movie did because they are awful!!! The music was beautiful but definitely not in my top Hallmark movies.