A Wish For Christmas (2023) -

Within the first five minutes I was unimpressed with Daughter Megan (Amelia Harrison), her Dad and his Girlfriend (I didn't catch their names) as actors. Ella Cannon seemed fine as Cara, but I only stayed with it for Christopher Russell, having never been disappointed by him before. He was great in 'Christmas 365/Forever Christmas' (2018).

But despite his presence in it I couldn't watch for long, because even his character Chet was behaving like an absolute "Richard" too. His pushy, career obsessed reporter and her laced up too tight, single Mum just weren't appealing enough for me to care how they would eventually get together.

As with many of the other films that I've tuned in to watch this year, this one might have sufficed previously and may yet in the future, but I have reached a point where I can no longer dedicate my time to such unimpressive matter, especially with so many other cinematic experiences being released each year. I might miss out on something great by persevering with this mediocre effort, so I turned it off.

Unscored as unfinished.