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A Christmas Kiss

A Christmas Kiss

TV Movie · Romance · Family · 2011

Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.

Movie details

A Christmas Kiss

2011 TV Movie · Romance · Family 1h 36m

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

John Stimpson

Written by

Joany Kane

Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm

Priscilla Hall

Laura Breckenridge

Laura Breckenridge

Wendy Walton

Brendan Fehr

Brendan Fehr

Adam Hughes

Jerrika Hinton

Jerrika Hinton

Tressa

Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer

Caroline

Mark Joy

Mark Joy

Charlie

M

Mark DeAngelis

Coachman

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Put A Christmas Kiss on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.