- Content: “Putting Faith and Family First”
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What You Need To Know:
COUNTRY HEARTS CHRISTMAS is a compelling, moving drama. The script builds nicely to strong dramatic moments and a heartwarming ending. The songs and performances by the daughters in the movie are very well done. They include three spiritually uplifting Christmas carols, including “Silent Night” and “Away in a Manger.” COUNTRY HEARTS CHRISTMAS has a strong Christian, morally uplifting worldview putting faith and family first. There are some light references to a romantic triangle between three unmarried adults, to keeping secrets from family members and to recovering from past alcohol problems. So, caution is advised for younger children.
Content:
Very strong Christian, morally uplifting worldview puts faith and family first includes three Christmas carols, including one where a young woman sings, “Away in a Manger” at a Christmas Eve service in church, other positive references to Christianity, church, Jesus, and the Cross, including woman says home, family, heart, and God have always been central to the songs she and her sister do with their country music band
No foul language
No depicted violence but one man has black eye and a small cut on his forehead from a fight off screen in an alley where he apparently encountered two enforcers from a loan shark outfit
An unmarried couple share two or three passionate kisses in one scene
No nudity
Alcohol use, depressed man who’s having financial problems with his winery startup gets a bit drunk in a bar, there are references to a past alcohol problem for one man, and another man also is in recovery, attending meetings (the first man is older and is helping the younger man)
No smoking or drugs; and,
Man lies about his terrible loan decisions and his involvement with a loan shark outfit.
More Detail:
The movie opens with Tori and June Jameson recording the Christmas carol “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” After finishing the song, they learn that a romantic Christmas song they just recorded is getting some radio airplay in Nashville. So much so, that they’re offered a spot on the annual live show in Nashville, “Bobby’s Country Christmas Eve.” Reluctantly, they agree to perform on the live show, even though their dad expects them to attend the family’s annual Christmas Eve services at church.
However, how can they break the news to their father? And, how is June going to break the news to her husband, Justin, who also wants her home for Christmas Eve?
Another complication occurs when Justin gets in trouble with a loan shark outfit he used to help with the burgeoning expenses of his new winery startup. He’s been keeping the winery’s financial woes from June and her father when they ask how things are going.
COUNTRY HEARTS CHRISTMAS is a compelling, moving drama about putting faith and family first. The script builds nicely to a heartwarming ending that has some strong dramatic moments to it. The songs and performances by Lanie McAuley and Katerina Maria are very well done. They also include three spiritually uplifting Christmas carols, including “Silent Night” and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” Another carol, “Away in a Manger,” is sung by a third daughter, who’s on the road with her mother who’s rekindling her music career.
COUNTRY HEARTS CHRISTMAS has a strong Christian, morally uplifting worldview that puts faith and family first. There are some light references to a romantic triangle between three unmarried adults, to keeping secrets from family members and to having recovering from past alcohol problems. So, caution is advised for younger children.
