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.
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Nostalgic Christmas
Romance · TV Movie · 2019
When Anne helps her father close the family's toy store, what she finds will help inspire an entire town that is need of some Christmas cheer.
Movie details
Nostalgic Christmas
2019 Romance · TV Movie 1h 30m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
When Anne helps her father close the family's toy store, what she finds will help inspire an entire town that is need of some Christmas cheer.
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 Nostalgic Christmas?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Cast & crew
Directed by
J.B. Sugar
Written by
Raul Sanchez Inglis
Brooke D'Orsay
Anne Garrison
Trevor Donovan
Keith McClain
Jenna Weir
Jessie McClain
Ron Lea
Bill Garrison
Tara Joshi
Colleen
Eugene Clark
Martin DeLong
Vanessa Burns
Aunt Patty
Court is in session
Put Nostalgic Christmas on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.