A Bramble House Christmas

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For a movie built around the theme of second chances (as well as following your heart, embracing your life, and taking a chance), the ending makes sense. Willa, and everyone watching, is ready to give Finn one Willa is a nurse who helped Finn's dad in his dying days, it is only because his dad left her some money in his will that Finn knows anything about Willa. His dad also gave Willa a ring and bought her a trip to Marietta, Montana for christmas before he died. I think I connect with the characters better when they are a creative type and so I like that he's a book illustrator and how that channels the story. That aside and if you forget why they're brought together, the romance is really nice and I like the connections that Dave makes with both Mother and Child.

While this clearly used a variation on the Hallmark Christmas movie formula, it was a fairly unique spin. It definitely didn’t feel like the plot we’ve seen in at five other movies over the years. ❤️ These Characters

On the other hand, there is a lot to love here. Autumn Reeser is immensely engaging as Willa, a character that is more identifiable than most female lead characters, she doesn't overdo it while also having none of the going through the motions quality. David Haydn-Jones is even better, doing sympathetic in a very nuanced way and it is very easy to see the character's appeal. The Hallmark festive films are very variable when it comes to the chemistry between their two leads, 'A Bramble House Christmas' is an example of the warm and genuine kind that develops realistically if not perhaps deeply. The rest of the cast are strong too, with a scene stealing Teryl Rothery and adorable Liam Hughes particularly impressing. The film was shot during three weeks in Vancouver, British Columbia, in July 2017. [3] A Bramble House Christmas (Film) [ edit ] So is Finn Knightly ( David Haydn-Jones). He tells his sister, Molly ( Julia Benson) that he plans to confront Willa, find out the truth, and serve her with an injunction. Willa, a single mother and her young boy is all set to enjoy their Christmas in the Bramble house BnB. On the other side of the tale, Finn disappointed with his father who had died weeks ago, left nothing to him, but for a stranger, Willa. So he decides to find out the reason and confront her with a legal option. Now, on the eve of the Christmas week, they meet at the Bramble house and develop an unexpected relationship with mother and son. Once the truth ready to get out, what happens and how the story would end was told quite nicely. Perhaps the ending is a touch on the pat side, common with Hallmark. Do have to agree too that one character's change of heart does not make much sense (if there was any explanation provided it did escape me), is revealed too suddenly.

Sometimes a story doesn't have to have twists and surprises to be worth watching, especially if it is told well. This story has a somewhat unusual approach yet relies on some traditional plot devices. Some minor mysteries are revealed along the way, but there are no great surprises. Willa is crushed. She says she was never interested in the money and that their father talked about how much he loved both of them and regretted the choice he made. Mr. Conrad's estranged son sets out to prove that Willa has conned his father. Intending to confront her, instead he gets to know her and it's not hard to figure what happens from there. As the movie goes on we find out more about that estrangement and the wounds it has left in him. Both spend the next 3 weeks hiding their secrets while having this sense of something special for each other...Will new trust be broken and the opportunity to experience authentic love be lost...Willa and her six-year-old son Scout are spending Christmas at Bramble House. Finn soon finds that she is not the gold digger he expected, that the secret she’s hiding actually is about Scout and that’s why this Christmas is so important… Scout became friends with Finn, but Finn had ulterior motives and was lying to Scout and Willa for most of the movie.

Willa Fairchild ( Autumn Reeser), a caretaker, is on her way to the Bramble House bed and breakfast, with her son, Scout ( Liam Hughes).The story was good. At first, Finn comes across as a bit mean and vindictive, ready to fight our noble single mother Willa for the inheritance that he felt he was cheated out of. But we eventually realize that it's not about the money for him. It's about the bitter feelings he still harbors because of his father abandoning his family when he was young. As an illustrator of children's books, we know he is a good guy at heart. It only takes a few interactions with the genuinely nice Willa and her adorable son scout to bring out his good side. I loved how the relationship developed naturally between Finn and Willa and Scout. Nothing was forced. They also avoided the stupid faux enemy phase at the start of their relationship. Most romance movies seem to require that, but it usually comes across as kind of ridiculous. It's perfectly fine to have a guy and a girl just like each other from the start, without all the silly confrontation. For Mable ( Teryl Rothery) and Ken ( Andrew Airlie), who get a second (or 22nd) chance despite her stubbornness. The character Finn looked good, but with a bad intention in his mind makes a villain, at least in the beginning. The actor who played it kind looked expressionless, even when he smiled. As the story went on, he looked better. Maybe I got used to it. Because slowly his behaviour has changed, leaving us to expect, how he would react at the end. You know without making something into a complicate, there's no end twist. In this, it was his identity and purpose of meeting Willa. That character makes this tale possible. But Willa is the one mysterious until she reveal about her life, particularly the secret about her son. What do you do when you’ve been given a second chance at life and you don’t know what to do with it?”

This movie is also a winner because it has multiple storylines going on – it isn’t all just the Willa and Finn relationship. There’s also: Her character is all over the place. In the beginning, it’s all “Finn angry!” while Molly’s like, “chill, dude, we were never going to be in the will anyway.” We even learn a lot about the life of character who we never see on-screen, other than in a framed picture as a child at Bramble House – Greg Conrad – why he abandoned his wife and children, his regret, and his attempt at redemption through Willa. The final scene, of the cast all together around the Christmas tree, is also a winner – as is the fade out on that childhood picture of Mr. Conrad hanging on the wall. You’ll Cry… ?

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Throughout my whole Christmas film completest quest undertaken since late 2019, an interesting quest but very mixed one, there was never the mentality of expecting a classic or the film in question to be flawless. Something that was never managed with Hallmark's output. There was however always the expectation of seeing a film where one can see at least some effort rather than merely cash-in level. One could see that with enough of Hallmark's output but not all. After learning this, Finn tells Molly that he no longer plans to challenge the will and tosses the injunction in the trash. Oddly, Molly now seems convinced that Willa conned their father out of the money and, before you know it, she arrives at Bramble House.