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A Maple Valley Christmas

A Maple Valley Christmas

TV Movie · Comedy · Drama · 2022

Erica is a rancher who has spent her whole life working the family farm with her mother and sister. When Aaron arrives and disrupts her plans, she starts to question what it is she actually wants.

Movie details

A Maple Valley Christmas

“Let love be your legacy.”

2022 TV Movie · Comedy · Drama 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

Erica is a rancher who has spent her whole life working the family farm with her mother and sister. When Aaron arrives and disrupts her plans, she starts to question what it is she actually wants.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over A Maple Valley Christmas?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Paul Ziller

Written by

Joie Botkin · Claire Boyles

Peyton List

Peyton List

Erica Holden

Andrew W. Walker

Andrew W. Walker

Aaron Davenport

Frances Flanagan

Frances Flanagan

Ina Holden

Ella Cannon

Ella Cannon

Heidi Holden

Jeff Gonek

Jeff Gonek

Trevor Kemp

Paul Jarrett

Paul Jarrett

Steve Davenport

Francisco Trujillo Avalos-Davidson

Francisco Trujillo Avalos-Davidson

Leo Russo

Court is in session

Put A Maple Valley Christmas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.