Jack Vasen
As many people have mentioned this movie is parallel to the movie Sliding Doors especially in the beginning where Fired Eve (FE) catches her boyfriend in her own bed with another girl. This movie just isn't done as well as the original, although it does have a totally different twist on the ending. In that I like this one better.Hillary Duff is OK, but not great. Likewise Chris Carmack. They do connect. Gib Gerard is terrible and so is his second girlfriend. Diana DeGarmo does a powerful rendition of O Holy Night.The story has potential even to the extent that it is different from the original. LA Eve's story progresses pretty well except for Matt the original boyfriend . Who calls the girlfriend he is cheating on while he is right next to the one he is cheating with? And several times. But I also had a problem with FE's story. For one thing, she doesn't start picking herself up until 3/4 of the movie is gone. Until then she does a lot of whining and not much else. It seems like a lot of wasted screen time that could have been put to better use.Connie Sellecca is the boss we love to hate. BTW there are at least two incidents of blatant sexual harassment that appear to be accepted without complaint.
Christmas-Reviewer
BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THAT PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 Christmas MOVIES. I HAVE NO AGENDA. I AM FARE ABOUT THESE FILMS.This film makes statement that a woman can't be married and have a career. From Lifetime comes a likable film about what is fate and what you really want in life. "All About Christmas Eve" stars Haylie Duff (7th Heaven) as junior event planner. As the film opens, Eve is overseeing an unusual Bar Mitzvah with a Christmas twist. Eve has a demanding boss (Connie Selleca). Her boss likes what she did with this latest party. Pleased with Eve's work she now has eyes on her for a huge promotion. To get that job she has to land a huge client. This client lives in Los Angeles. So she has to miss Christmas with her family. The next day Eve misses her plane to Los Angeles. Now she gets fired. Now she is out of a job. When she gets home she finds her boyfriend is cheating on her. Later the Alternate Time where Eve makes the plane and is living large but she doesn't know her boyfriend is cheating on her! Also she becomes a different person that really isn't very nice. But which is the real time line and what is the alternate time line? The film handles the alternate time line transitions with ease. It is a testament to all involved that this gimmick works as well as it does. Because of the dual time lines the film has a faster pace then most Christmas theme films. Enjoyable. In the distant future I will watch it again.
Streethawk
I'm not sure why 95% of modern Christmas films are banal love stories that have been shoehorned into a Christmas theme, but here's another one. Some of them are actually quite enjoyable films, but as others have said, this one is a poorly rehashed sliding doors (which in itself lacked originality) with many of its own issues. The acting is OK, but the scripting is so poor that I was unable to care about a single character. Even the drag queens in the bar verge on obnoxious, which is unprecedented. The lesson I learnt from this film was that if you're a pretty, smart, young middle-class woman it doesn't matter what happens you'll land on your feet.
Kristie Wilson
When I sat down to watch "All About Christmas Eve," I was expecting the traditional Lifetime romantic comedy. However, the commercials didn't really do this one justice. It's a surprisingly deep and witty fantasy about a woman (Haylie Duff) who gets to experience two alternate lives for Christmas. In one, she becomes a super successful businesswoman and meets the man of her dreams (Chris Carmack). In the other, she loses her job and reconnects with her true passion, painting.Connie Sellecca is fantastic as the Miranda Priestly-esque boss, and there's two great musical performances from Diana Degarmo... who I loved on American Idol. (And a surprise cameo from another Idol alumni... I wont ruin it!) If you're looking for well-acted, well-made Christmas fantasy that is completely unpredictable (and even a little artsy!)... then this is a must see. I loved it!
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