Wrapped Up in Love

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I love Brittany Bristow because she is always so cheerful. Her Ashley had that dialed down a bit in this movie largely because of the rivalry with Ben. Ben makes the classic new guy in charge mistake by being overly enthusiastic to make changes for change sake. Ashley is slightly adverse to change and gets defensive, perhaps a little unfairly, but not surprising given her history with the store. This mutual rivalry lasts a while and saps from the chemistry between Bristow and Olivier Renaud. Often a good rivalry just spices up the chemistry, but this one seemed to have an edge instead of good fun. Eventually the two get in sync, but it isn't long before Ashley suffers the usual misunderstanding and the edge is back. I wonder if they had to practice hard to say "Co COO" as many times as they said it. This phrase annoyed me especially since it refers to a small town department store manager position. OK, put on airs if you want, but the mantra of keeping in touch with the community and staff was repeated even more often and I can't see how such a title fosters that attitude.

I LOVE Brittany Bristow and watch everything she is in. Having said that, this movie is probably the worst Christmas movie I have ever seen. The writing was terrible with plots that made no sense and were very condescending to Ashley (Brittany). And I have never seen such a card board character like Oliver Renaud. He was AWFUL. He was not acting at all and there was absolutely no chemistry between him (Ben) and Ashley. Timothy Kuryak should never be allowed to write again and Olivier Renaud should never be allowed to pretend to act again. For what she had to work with Brittany was great. Very disappointing movie.