Christmas Mail

The colder months have arrived and with them, so have the Christmas and holiday-themed movies. The first of these movies that I’ve chose to review is Christmas Mail.

Christmas Mail begins with Kristi North (Ashley Scott) walking her dog and talking to her father on the phone. The movie then shows us Matt Sanders (A.J. Buckley) working as a mailman. Soon enough the two characters meet in typical fashion – walking down the street.

After this, another huge coincidence occurs. I’m against spoilers, so I’ll leave it at that. In addition to this huge coincidence, something else absurd happens – we see a paranoid boss come up with a ridiculous idea and force Matt to spy on Kristi, something that makes very little sense.

Another problem I have with this movie is that as far as I can tell, there are only four decent actors – A.J. Buckley, Ashley Scott, Vanessa Evian, and Piper McKenzie. A.J. Buckley is by far the best. Unfortunately, even Ashley Scott isn’t always the best.

I didn’t finish this movie. I had about an hour left and gave up on it. Don’t get me wrong, I was slightly curious about the ending and enjoyed watching Buckley’s Matt Sanders, but the obnoxiousness of some of the other characters and cheese factor got tiring.

I give this movie a C. There were some sweet and funny moments (the best when a fix up between Matt and an elderly neighbor go awry), but in the end, it was quite disappointing.