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Reviews of all Great American Family’s Christmas 2023 movies

Great American Family is known for its uplifting and family-oriented content and this year, its really out-doing itself in terms of the number, and quality, of its Christmas output .

We've been putting out reviews of the films as we work our way through the slate. From small town stories involving discovered time capsules through to romantic adventures in Paris, Great American Family has delivered a fantastic array of movies. Whether it's romance you're looking for or just good old-fashioned nostalgia, there really is something for everyone among this year's crop of movies.

There are plenty of stars you'll recognise too including Matthew Morrison, Danica McKellar, Candace Cameron Bure and many more. There's also faces you'll recognise from past holiday movies and plenty of leading men to swoon over. Keep your eyes peeled for a couple of ‘Strictly Come Dancing' stars too.

Beyond November, there's another slate of original movies coming in December so we hope to bring you reviews for all of those too. As we get them, we'll keep adding them onto this page so you can see what we thought.

So you don't have to trawl the site finding the reviews, we've collated everything right here. You can read the following film reviews right now:

• A Dash Of Christmas
• Our Christmas Wedding
• Christmas Keepsake
• A Christmas Blessing
• Santa, Maybe
• A Paris Christmas Waltz
• My Christmas Hero
• A Royal Date for Christmas
• A Christmas for the Ages
• Christmas On Windmill Way
• The Jingle Bell Jubilee
• Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
• Peppermint and Postcards
• Designing Christmas With You
• 12 Games of Christmas
• A Royal Christmas Holiday

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We'd love to hear what you thought of the films so find us on X @ent_focus and on Facebook and Instagram @entertainmentfocus to let us know which films you've been loving this year, and which ones you're looking forward to.

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Fall into winter (2023) - great american family movie review.

It didn't really happen overnight, but it sure felt like it!  I keep wondering, where did our fall season go?

The second thing that drew me to the movie, "Fall Into Winter", was the actress, Lori Loughlin.  I have always liked her and her characters.  Thanks to her role as Abigail Stanton in When Calls the Heart , I'm used to seeing her in the kitchen, which is the setting for "Fall Into Winter".  She co-owns a candy shop and makes all of the candy.

Last but by no means least, I wanted to watch this movie because it is a Great American Family Movie.  I have come to rely on the Great American Family Channel to provide me with wonderful movies that do not include explicit content, violent or gory scenes, or foul language.  I find them quite uplifting, peaceful and easy to watch.

Fall Into Winter Synopsis

Kerry isn't as much interested in profit as she is in the community.  She has "lived in the same house, in the same town, and had the same job" her whole life.  She doesn't want to make drastic changes, raise prices, or view people as just customers.  She enjoys treating everyone like family.

Brooks and Kerry clash now as much as they did in high school, although Brooks doesn't really understand why Kerry has always had a problem with him.  As business partners, it is necessary for them to work out their problems, past and present, to have a successful partnership.

Fall Into Winter is predictable, but still a fun movie to watch.  Even though they had differences of opinion, they both worked toward finding areas of agreement and understanding for one another.

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Sounds delightful. Of course the plot is predictable, but that's what makes it fun. Naturally, Brooks and Kerry's relationship will change as they work together. :) Thanks for telling me about a fun wintertime movie, Sylvestermouse.

This sounds like a delightful movie with excellent acting. I’ve always liked Lori Loughlin, too, and I think this would be a lovely movie to relax with for a couple of pleasantly escapist hours. Thanks for the recommendation!

We will have to find this, sounds like perfect movie for movie night. I always hoped that Lori Loughlin would return to "When Calls the Heart but I guess that isn't going to happen. Thanks for this movie recommendation.

Sometimes a predictable movie is needed; something calming, easy, and like you said family friendly. This sounds like a good choice for the whole family to enjoy.

Oh, oh, oh, I think I need to stop what I'm doing and watch a movie. Thanks for pointing me in this direction Sylvestermouse Cynthia, I know I will enjoy this one as much as you did. I'm always on the lookout for things my mother will enjoy and this sounds like it's a winner to me!

An uplifting peaceful movie sounds really wonderful! It is lovely to watch a gentle family friendly film on a cold winter evening, thank you so much for your recommendation and review.

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Review: ‘Our Christmas Wedding’ is a pleasant new Great American Family film

“Our Christmas Wedding” is a joyous new Great American Family film. #Powerjouranlist Markos Papadatos has the recap.

This marks the sixth new original Great American Family Christmas movie this holiday season.

In this sequel, roles reverse as Nicole’s boss plans newly engaged Nicole (Holly Deveaux) and Michael’s (Drew Seeley) wedding in two weeks at Christmas. This feel-good movie will certainly keep the audiences on their toes for its entire duration.

Andrew Cymek directed this film from a screenplay by Courtney McAllister and Patrick McBrearty.

Fans and viewers that enjoyed “My Boss’ Wedding” last year, will definitely find “Our Christmas Wedding” to be a real treat. Holly Deveaux is effervescent as Nicole once again, and Drew Seeley delivers as the suave Michael. Their affecting rapport allows for more resonance. It is worth more than just a passing glance.

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Stream It or Skip It?: ‘A Royal Christmas Holiday’ on Great American Family, in Which A Journalist and A Prince Predictably Fall in Love

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Stream it or skip it: ‘the simpsons: o c’mon all ye faithful’ on disney+, where a hypnotist comes to springfield, making homer think he’s santa, stream it or skip it: ‘following yonder star’ on hallmark, where a former tv star’s scandal leads her to a vermont inn… and the single father who owns it, stream it or skip it: ‘the chelsea detective: christmas special’ on acorn tv, investigating the death of a singer who had a hit holiday song in the ’00s.

Great American Family may seen to be breaking the mold with a supposedly European male lead in A Royal Christmas Holiday , but don’t worry, they’re still committed to good ol’ American values. This new romance movie features Brittany Underwood as an American reporter and Jonathan Stoddard as a foreign royal who end up falling for one another despite coming from two very different worlds. Can our plucky female lead’s American ways show her prince the true meaning of Christmas and love? Keep reading to find out.

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Gist: Katie Viana (Brittany Underwood) does community service updates for local news station WYED TV but wants to be regular on-air journalistic talent with her own segment like like the station’s current on-camera star and off-camera diva Carol Jordan (Meredith Thomas). Katie asks her boss, program director Jerrod (William Baldwin), to assign her something more meaningful, and while he initially tells her to just hunker down and work her way up, he ends up assigning her a big new exclusive up for grabs thanks to Carol’s upcoming holiday vacation.

The local military museum is opening a new exhibit dedicated to World War II veterans and one of the sponsors is the European Kingdom of Visaria, which is sending Prince Jonathan Wentworth (Jonathan Stoddard) as their representative. Jerrod promises Katie that if she can land an interview with the notoriously camera-shy prince, then she’ll get her own special news segment. Prepared to dig deep to achieve her career goal, Katie dedicates herself to getting the scoop from Jonathan on his visit to the museum and newly released book about his World War II veteran grandfather, but in the process ends up getting closer to her subject than she ever could have imagined. Will these two star-crossed lovers find something lasting during the holiday season, or will their differences be their ultimate undoing?

What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: A Royal Christmas Holiday may remind you of recently released Hallmark and GAF holiday titles A Not So Royal Christmas and A Royal Date for Christmas , as well as 2019 Netflix Original romantic-comedy  A Christmas Prince .

Performance Worth Watching: I guess Louie Chapman as Jonathan’s aide, Louis, because he had to say lines like, “‘Tis a tangled web that won’t be easily untangled” and “What’s done is done. It’s water under the bridge, it’s six feet under, it’s kicking up the daisies,” with a straight face.

Memorable Dialogue: “I was deprived so many things growing up. No sports teams. I didn’t even have a bicycle in fear that I might get hurt.” Wow, Jonathan, thank you for opening up about your heart-wrenching childhood. Being a prince sounds very hard.

Honorable mention for “You’re a prince and she’s a television presenter. How could you have possibly made that work?”

A Holiday Tradition: It seems like it’s a tradition for a store in Katie’s hometown to hire someone to play Santa Claus for the local kids. And when this year’s Santa’s car breaks down on the way over, Prince Jonathan volunteers himself to keep the celebration alive by playing a Santa, himself, and he gets weirdly into it.

Does the Title Make Any Sense?: There’s a character who’s a royal and the action takes place over the holiday season so, sure, in a vague sort of way, it makes sense.

Our Take: Essentially, nothing really happens in A Royal Christmas Holiday . On the surface it kind of seems like it does, but look a little closer and you realize there wasn’t really any significant conflict or climax to raise the stakes or get viewers invested. Katie wants to get her own news special and… she does. Epic.

The only “conflicts” that happen along the way don’t actually happen. Like how Prince Jonathan revealing that a ghost writer wrote his book for him never even airs in Katie’s final story (which is kind of a shame, because instead of doing the mature thing and being vulnerable with the world, he’s just going to live a lie). Or how Katie overhears Jonathan loudly talking to Louis about his fiancée only for him to reveal he doesn’t actually have a fiancée and it’s just some story his mum cooked up for the press. What was the point of any of it if, then? Even Katie’s poor dad breaks his leg falling off a roof as a mere plot device to drive Jonathan and Katie closer together. It all just made the whole thing ring emotionally hollow.

The performances themselves also definitely leave something to be desired. While Brittany Underwood is decent as Katie, her work is undermined by Jonathan Stoddard’s unconvincing accent work, overactive eyebrows, and sometimes uncomfortable attempts at smolder. His performance kept reminding me of a strange cross of Joey Tribbiani from Friends and Homelander from The Boys , and I found it all a bit distracting (especially the eyebrows). To be fair to Stoddard, though, he was tasked with evoking a Great Britain knock-off country that not only doesn’t exist but also is a place and culture we learn almost nothing about beyond it having a monarchy and apparently not allowing royal kids to ride bikes, which definitely doesn’t add much information or backstory for a person’s character.

I know I’ve been pouring on the Jonathan critiques but Katie is also kind of an oddball in her own right. She’s able to creepily figure out the exact suite Jonathan is staying at so she can get close to him for her story in addition to waiting out his initial entrance at the airport so she can get an in with him (which is laughably easy since the prince is apparently a sucker for a pretty face. If he’s royalty, why doesn’t he have a security team?!). With all of that in mind, you’d think they’d make a great couple, but unfortunately there’s very little chemistry between them. Even so, they somehow manage to fall in love in the span of like three days despite being from totally different worlds. I really don’t see this working out longterm, but I guess I wish them luck anyway?

Our Call: SKIP IT. A Royal Christmas Holiday ‘s unfortunately lacks enough originality, stakes, or charm to make it stand out from the many other “royal” holiday titles currently out there available for streaming.

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