i've seen a california christmas i didn't mind it obviously i wanted to watch a california christmas
city light the 2021 film directed by sean paul piccinino and i say i i found it very dull i
did not think it was that interesting at all there were a few characters a few supporting characters
who i really liked particularly brandy i thought she was brilliant but with regards to cali and
joseph and their narrative here i didn't really care so the description from imdb says a sequel to
uh california christmas follows cali and joseph one year after they fell in love
now running a dairy farm and winery but their romance is threatened when business and family
obligations call joseph back to the city so i like the premise i like the concept of
city boy in love with a country girl and business obligations bringing joseph back
to the city threatens to reignite his love of the city which obviously could then put their
relationship at strain because one of them wants to be in the city one wants to be in the country
it's a topic that's quite prevalent for a lot of people and while opposites attract i think
it's fair to say that somebody who was born raised in the city is less likely to want to
live in the country and vice versa we know you know we know what we're used to we like what makes
us comfortable i thought they could have done a lot of a lot of really good things with this
but i just found the execution of the narrative pretty dull not a lot happened
usually i would prefer the scenes in the city i am a city girl i love film set in the city
but i actually preferred scenes set back on the dairy farm which for me just heightens
how dull the narrative actually was because if i'm not enjoying the bits that i should have enjoyed
really what was the point of it for me i'm sure some people will like it it's rated
5.5 out of 10 on imdb which is not a bad rating clearly there are people who have enjoyed this
maybe if i'd loved the first film it would be a different story but i didn't you know
i wasn't obsessed or besotted with the first film it was just a casual watch that i kind of enjoyed
and i watched the sequel out of curiosity had i had stronger feelings for the first film
maybe i would have felt differently certainly with the characters as well kali and joseph are
found to be very two-dimensional characters you know well acted with the material that they had
josh wickhardt and and lauren swift as joseph and cali but
i just found the characters themselves to be quite
boring not that exciting didn't really offer me any sparks i didn't really know that i
didn't believe in their relationship because the on-screen chemistry was good when the characters
were angry at each other you could tell it came from a place of passion when they were
being sentimental with one another you could tell it came from a good place but i just felt
like they were very dull and not that interesting and kind of just that couple that everybody knows
and nobody cares about because their relationship is so just repetitive and very dull
would i recommend the film it depends on how you feel about the first film if you watched the
first film and really loved it or really loved the characters and want to know what happens next yes
go for it if you watched the first film and kind of dragged yourself through it then i would say
give this one a miss it's not that great you it's very well shot and as i said brandi as a character
played by raquel dominguez loved her loved her performance loved her energy
her scenes made it worthwhile but the rest of it it was a really interesting concept could
have explored a lot of really great topics but i felt like it just fell really flat