The 2009 Christmas movie titled "Christmas Angel" from writer Brittany Wiscombe was something of a swing and a miss. As I sat down to watch "Christmas Angel" for the first time here in 2021, I must admit that I was expecting a bit more of a cheerful and Christmas spirit filled movie.
But director Brian Brough delivered something else. Now, I assume that it was the character Ashley Matthews and the way the character was written that didn't sit well with me. The character was way too gloomy and just oozing with a negative aura, so it took away all of the Christmas-feeling from the movie. I assume that actress Kari Hawker-Diaz was just portraying and playing the character as it was written.
The storyline was adequate enough, I will say that much, but everything was just ruined by that God awful character Ashley Matthews, and I just couldn't get into any sense of Christmas feel from the movie, so the movie failed to entertain me.
If you enjoy Christmas movies, then you should stay well clear of "Christmas Angel", because it simply isn't worth the effort, and it surely isn't an uplifting movie. Not even the upbeat ending could do much to salvage all the previous time spent watching this gloomfest.
My rating of "Christmas Angel" lands on a more than generous three out of ten stars.
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