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Just in Time for Christmas

Just in Time for Christmas

Fantasy · TV Movie · Romance · 2015

Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.

Movie details

Just in Time for Christmas

“Sometimes all you need is a little time.”

2015 Fantasy · TV Movie · Romance 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Just in Time for Christmas?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sean McNamara

Written by

Don MacLeod · Helen Frost

Eloise Mumford

Eloise Mumford

Lindsay Rogers

Michael Stahl-David

Michael Stahl-David

Jason Stewart

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Grandpa Bob

William Shatner

William Shatner

Coachman Nick

Tess Atkins

Tess Atkins

Becca

Laura Soltis

Laura Soltis

Shannon Rogers

Christina Jastrzembska

Christina Jastrzembska

Mrs. Jamison

Court is in session

Put Just in Time for 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.