Last year, though I liked her character in Christmas Detour, I was a bit derailed by that unrealistic vision board ( see last season’s review) she carried.Ĥ. I enjoy Candace in many other Christmas movies – like Christmas Under Wraps (to be reviewed). Candace’s portrayal of Hanna was so spot on, I thought she helped carry the movie. The 1940’s were convincingly detailed, and who doesn’t love a good period piece? It’s cool to see how structures change or withstand the effects of time and progress.ģ. The film did a good job of elevating the tension surrounding the mystery.Ģ. ![]() The enjoyable parts of watching this movie included:ġ. I struggled a bit with this review because I so wanted to like this movie. (And by the way, why wasn’t he the sheriff? In the final analysis, the sheriff’s and deputy’s roles could’ve been combined.)Īt the end of the movie, out of nowhere, Jake fell in love with his partner who was his kid sister’s best friend, whom he never even noticed romantically until his sister and Hanna pointed out that his partner loved him. Often they lead to more questions.įor example, it seemed perhaps there would be a romance between Hanna and Jake, the deputy who goes to bat for her. Unanswered questions are not generally a good sign when analyzing a movie. How is it possible that Hanna vanished 71 years earlier, yet sent a postcard to her best friend three years later – and does not remember this development (which is a biggie but I won’t spoil it for you)? ![]() ![]() Why didn’t Tobias develop the film in the camera Hanna left behind for 71 years when he was so clearly obsessed with the nurse who impacted his life and mysteriously left without a trace – especially when he knew there were photos of him on it? One irony was that Hanna actually journeyed forward to experience a family Christmas that she’d never had in the past, so to me, the title Journey Back to Christmas was a bit misleading.
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