i honestly don't know how i feel about the christmas listing this is the 2020 film that's
also known as christmas in farmstead that's iann farmstead and the premise itself is quite
interesting but the execution of the narrative is really appalling because there's a lot of
unrealistic things in this there are a lot of aspects of it that are not really thought out or
mapped out very well it is very festive though so if you can kind of ignore the fact that the
narrative development is pretty shocking and some of the character behaviors are really unbelievable
it's festive i will give it that it is festive
it was released as i said this year and directed by elizabeth snutterly written by lexi giovannoli
and stars giovanoli as our protagonist julia and also travis burns as chad
julia and chad are both realtors and they both want to get um the farm stood in
because it's a very popular place where a lot of families go every christmas but the couple who own
it are going to move away and they're looking to sell it but they don't want to just give it to any
realtor so they come up with a kind of competition where the realtors who are interested are invited
to stay at the end in the run-up to christmas and experience what the inn has to offer at christmas
and then by the end of it they will determine which realtor will be able to list the property
okay so first of all the fact that a real a couple of realtors would be expected to
just drop absolutely everything and just spend the week leading up to christmas in this inn
completely unrealistic definitely wouldn't happen and to be fair some of the realtors
who were initially interested did drop out straight away saying they couldn't commit
so that's the first strike against it it just doesn't feel realistic at all i also feel like
it's kind of self-important of the inn owners to think that they're in is so amazing that people
would just drop their lives and stay there for a week nevertheless julie and chad both really
want this and those two and um a third realtor do agree to stay there and start to partake in
christmas activities chopping down christmas tree decorating cookies spending time with
the other few individuals who are actually staying at the inn for christmas
and that does bring out a lot of festive joy now i have to say julia as a character i liked but
there was just something about her that didn't come across as a professional realtor
she's very different to the protagonists we get in similar films not necessarily a bad
thing but she didn't really seem like she was that business savvy or that business minded
and i don't know why that is i can't put my finger on it obviously nothing wrong with the acting
across the board the acting's brilliant um i felt like they were at least believable with
the characters they were trying to portray it's just the way the characters are written
i think are not the most convincing and their actions don't always feel right
that's the case with chad chat does something at some point you will know what i mean
i can't see any more because i don't spoil it because i do recommend you watch this
but he does something and even though the character begins to go through some personal
developments he does something unexpected and it just doesn't feel in place with the direction
this character was going and he does something that's not the most positive for julia but when
he's trying to tell julia about it he seems really excited and you're really enthusiastic and that's
it doesn't go hand in hand with the actual actions so a lot of things about this just don't work
but as i said it's festive it's definitely festive if you're looking for a christmas
film that you haven't seen in one that's quite easy to watch christmas in farmstead
or the christmas listing is it is a good enough watch i think there are certainly aspects of it
that you will enjoy by no means is it the best but it will put you in the christmas mood i would
just say don't prioritize it above any other christmas film you have on your to watch list
it's good for a one-time watch but by no means is it perfect