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HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS?

“Cute, Surprising, and Predictable Romance”

Family Content: +4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

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What You Need To Know:

HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? is a cute Christmas romantic comedy on Great American Family and Great American Pure Flix about a real estate exec named Katie who’s been assigned to buy the Merry Mountain Inn. However, she gets into a car accident, which leaves her with amnesia and in the care of the inn owners. She’s also unaware of her past relationship with the owners’ son, Emmett. Will Katie regain her memories and go through with the real estate deal? Will she learn to appreciate the most important things in life? 

 HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? is a delightful, surprising, wholesome Christmas romantic comedy. It has top-notch directing, writing, editing, and acting, with a beautiful tale of gratitude, forgiveness, true love, and the true meaning of Christmas. Everyone, including the two leads, Danica McKellar and Jesse Hutch, do a great job without skipping a beat. HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? has a strong Christian, biblical, morally uplifting, pro-family worldview with multiple positive reference to God, faith, the Nativity Story, and prayer. It’s a really good Christmas movie the whole family can enjoy. 

Content:

(CCC, BBB, M):  Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:  Very strong Christian, biblical, pro-family worldview with multiple positive references to God, faith, Bible studies, and the true meaning of Christmas, characters are encouraged to trust and listen to God and letting Him take care of the rest, a family prays before a meal, people go to church and sing a Christmas hymn, “O Holy Night,” which stresses the divine birth of the Lord, plays on the car radio, an instrumental version of “The First Noël” plays in the background, there are lots of Christmas trees and decorations, a character volunteers at a church and enjoys staying close to parents, a family cares for a person with amnesia, a character expresses love for Christmas, there is a cross on the wall, a person shows another person and admires a large and ancient Bible, and the movie extols gratitude, forgiveness and true love;

Foul Language:

  No foul language;

Violence:

  No violence;

Sex:

  No sex, just some romance and chaste kissing and hugs; Nudity:  No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

  No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

  No smoking or rugs;

Miscellaneous Immorality:

  Characters lie to another character suffering from amnesia, but at the request of the doctor who says it will help the amnesiac be less stressed. 

More Detail:

HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? is a cute Christmas romantic comedy on Great American Family and Great American Pure Flix about a real estate exec named Katie who’s been assigned to buy the town inn. However, she gets into a car accident that leaves her with amnesia and in the care of the inn owners, and while being unaware of her past relationship with the owners’ son, Emmett. Will she regain her memories and go through with the deal? Will Katie learn to appreciate the most important things in life? 

 The movie begins with Katie’s boss complimenting her on her hard work at the company. She’s ready to buy the Merry Mountain Inn. Maggie, the receptionist, applauds her for her job performance and encourages the retreat Katie is going on for Christmas, which will be an important time for her to relax, alleviate her constant headaches, and detox from technology. 

 Meanwhile, Emmet arrives at the inn and sees his cousin, Brooke, decorating the front door. Brooke asks him how his date went, and Emmett says that the food was good, but he didn’t click with his date. Brooke wants him to find the right person and be happy. She asks about Katie. Emmett says she’s living it up in the big city. Brooke points out he used to love Katie, but Emmett dismisses Katie as ancient history. 

 At the inn, Emmett’s parents break the news to him they’re selling the inn. Emmett convinces them to at least check if the deal has been finalized and goes to the real estate office to plead his case. He realizes Katie works there. After catching up with her, he tries to convince her to discuss the selling of the property, but she turns him down. 

 Katie gets into a car accident in a blizzard and ends up in the care of Emmett’s parents at the Merry Mountain inn, with no recollection of who she is or how she ended up there. 

 HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? is a delightful, surprising Christmas romantic comedy that has top-notch directing, writing, editing, and acting with a beautiful tale of gratitude, true love, the important things in life, trusting in and listening to the Lord, and forgiveness. It’s clear that the filmmakers took their time to make this a professional movie. The storyline is a little bit predictable. However, the movie includes a surprising element that viewers will enjoy. 

 Danica McKellar excels in her performance as the awkward, but well-meaning Katie. Jesse Hutch gives a charming performance as Emmett. His smile alone could light up any room. Riley Weston, who plays Emmett’s cousin Brooke and co-wrote the movie’s screenplay, shows up to change the family dynamic that usually includes just the main character’s mom and dad. As the mom and dad, Nancy La Scala and John Posey do tremendous work as Emmett’s wise and caring parents. The movie does leave a couple of unanswered questions, but it is a nitpick that ultimately doesn’t hurt the positive elements. Parents will breathe a sigh of relief that Great American Family has released a movie the whole family can enjoy without skipping parts. 

 HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? has a strong Christian, morally uplifting, biblical, pro-family worldview. There are multiple positive references to God, Bible studies, and the true meaning of Christmas. Characters are encouraged to trust and listen to God, letting Him take care of the rest. A family prays before a meal. Characters go to church and sing a Christmas song. The song “O Holy Night,” which stresses the Lord’s birth, plays on the car radio. An instrumental version of “The First Noël” plays in the background. There are lots of Christmas trees and decorations. A character volunteers at a church and enjoys staying close to parents. A family cares for a character with amnesia. A character expresses love for Christmas. There is a cross on the wall. A character shows another character and admires a large, ancient Bible. HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? also extols gratitude, forgiveness and true love are extolled.