Synopsis
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?
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Cast
- Justin HartleyJacob Turner
- Barrett DossRachel Campbell
- Bonnie BedeliaEllie Foster
- Essence AtkinsNoel Hayden
- James RemarScott Turner
- Aaron Costa GanisMatt Segreto
- Jeff CorbettIan Page
- Andrea SoochSvetlana
- Lucia SpinaBook Store Owner
- Shelby Reitman ReneeYoung Noel
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Overall, this picture is a refreshing alternative to the synthetic, simplistic Christmas movies that proliferate this time of year. Ditch the mistletoe and holly and it would still be a well-crafted, well-balanced character sketch, following two lost souls as they discover what they’ve been missing. - 70
The New York Times
The director Charles Shyer brings a journeyman’s ease to the screenplay (based on Richard Paul Evans’s novel by the same name): embracing holiday movie expectations here, gently deflecting them there. - 60
Screen Rant
The film exceeds expectations with respect to being a Netflix Christmas production, but it is thoughtful and sincere all the same. - 38
Movie Nation
Charles Shyer, who co-wrote this with a Netflix house hack (“Dangerous Lies”) blows too many of his shots at “charming,” never quite nails down the “romance” and dithers away the “mystery” in this flavorless variation on formula.
