Same town a different angel and a cute couple. Gabby in the first one was working on town to find Christmas spirit again and she had a lot of enthusiasm to get that change to occur. Don't expect the same. The angel is working in the background in this one. it's a cute movie. Jen Lilly has playing insecurity to almost neurotically annoying. She's the main reason why I didn't give it more stars. But she does get better as her character begins to interact more with the love interest. If you like hallmark movies give it a watch but not worth a rewatch in my opinion.
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imacmee22 January 2020
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MIssM199 June 2020Hannah and Ryan were friends when they were young, then they grew apart when he moved and he got the job she wanted. Now, he is back in town and Leslie's mom hires him as a "special consultor" at the little publishing company.
This was okay. Nothing to do with the original Angel Falls. In fact, it could be seen without watching the other one first. They do share the city and the concept, but that's it. I like Jen Lilley, I think she is great. But, honestly, i'm getting tired of her. I want Hallmark to expand their leads a little. My favourite part was Carlo Marks. His character was very cheerful. I also thought they had great chemistry.
I do think that the Angel character was completely unnecessary in this case. We could have had the same result withouth him. He was the "listening" ear to Hannah. -
FYI Jen Lilley had her baby on set with her so she wasn't pregnant. She looked amazing. I disagree I felt the leads had chemistry and the story line was typical Hallmark. I do agree this year they had way too many movies this year and I can't quite remember most of them after they air. Only a handful did I think were amazing. Often I find when I see the movies again I enjoy them more and more over the years.
I read a review and it states it was filmed in North Bay. My mother grew up there so I love seeing the area. I visited my Grandma when I was very young over 45 years ago so my memory is faint. I only remember her house and the snow. They owned a store on Main Street (Harry Mulligan) that has since burned down. -
JoBloTheMovieCritic21 December 20197/10 - while I felt as though the guardian angel subplot was completely unnecessary in this context, I throughly enjoyed this Hallmark flick
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rebekahrox13 December 2020I'd love to see Jen Lilley in a movie where she doesn't have to wear a coat. As stylish and numerous as they are.
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MickyG33323 December 20226.7 stars.
Not good, not bad, middle of the road. If you are out of good movies to watch today and you have a few to choose from, and you're sorta bored, pick this.
I enjoy Jen Lilley and Carlo Marks together, but there is lack of enthusiasm on her part, and he smiles a lot and I'm not sure why. It's as if he is hiding something funny, or a punchline but never tells us what it is. She is very pretty, and likable however her wardrobe is strange and unflattering. I don't know why they had her wearing ugly sweaters and outfits throughout and then the last 15 minutes she looked really great. It's as if the writer intended that her emotional transformation was directly linked to her wardrobe.
At the end when there is a major misunderstanding, it was awkward and unrealistic. First we have her decade long misunderstanding, which is an "understatement" and his own personal problems which were never explored. We don't really know anything about what motivates him. Does she motivate him? You coulda fooled me. Why are people so untrusting and so untrustworthy even after basically pinky swearing that they will not be so?
There is so much melodrama, and loss in these Hallmark films, it's so depressing sometimes. Why is there so much death, but without actual violence or gore? In other words sometimes it might be better for the audience to experience actual violence which is more realistic than everyone's closest relatives always being dead. Not everyone loses a parent or sibling before the age of 35. In fact, I bet it's actually quite uncommon in America.
Hallmark STOP killing off close family, friends, and loved ones. It's too depressing, we need happiness sometimes.
Hallmark STOP interrupting the kiss. This time it was distasteful and dumb. The director has to make a judgement call, and this was poorly executed.
But the sets were wonderful and the music, and all that jazz. Just get the story to be more smoothly produced into a watchable thing.
I might watch this in 10 years. Actually, probably not, because in 10 years there will be at least another 50 good Hallmark Christmas movies, and so this one will never be... Goodbye 'Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday'. I won't miss you. -
bobrapp218 December 2019Uninspired writing and performances.
40 Hallmark Christmas shows this year is just too many. Cut it down to 20 (at most) and strive for quality over quantity. -
tinalt-2212320 December 2019This was an enjoyable movie. I love Jen Lilley, and all her movies. Btw Doug2go, she has only been pregnant once. Nice try though!
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jrbusiness-6449922 October 2020Movie 21 out of my 100 christmas movies before Christmas day challenge with 64 days to go.
I picked this randomly and didn't know anything about it before watching it.
It had a familiar face as the lead actress and I thought the two main stars worked well together.
The movie was nice and sweet. A little flat at times but overall it was okay.
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The overall plot sounded cute. I usually enjoy angels, supernatural, etc. themes in movies. But, this one didn't do it for me. The script was just bad and there was absolutely no chemistry between the two leads. Also my goodness, Hannah is whiny and immature. She blamed him and was jealous for years because he got a job she wanted. Then at the end when she thought he had taken a new job, she was acting selfish and whiny some more. It's not a movie I'd recommend to my family and friends.
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ADHDBarbie11 December 2020One of my fave Hallmark movies so far. Watching Hallmark Christmas movies is an embarrassing and predictable annual guilty pleasure of mine. I really enjoyed the actors, characters, story, and scenery in this. In other words I liked pretty much every aspect about it. The main actors seemed to have a general "goodness" to them that was really fitting to the storyline. Also, the actor who played the guardian angel, who is unknown to me, was a great casting choice I thought. A great movie for an escape to a sleepy picturesque winter wonderland.
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webslingermail20 December 2019When I saw the guardian angel appear I started wondering if Hallmark is trying to recreate the old Max movies from yesteryear, starring the charismatic Peter Falk. If they did, they failed. (With "Max movies" I mean the movies where Peter Falk plays the angel Max, like "Finding John Christmas (2003)" and "a Town Without Christmas (2001)")
The tone of the Max movies was more serious, the scripts better. This was more a run of the mill Hallmark romcom.
Honestly, the whole angel bit could have easily been left out because it really doesn't add very much.
The movie was okay though, as with most Hallmark movies, you could see the end coming from miles away. Also, the ongoing theme in these movies of characters jumping to conclusions about each other half way trough the movie is a bit outdated. If you (partially) overhear or see something in the real world that gives you doubts about someone you talk to them about it, right?
I had fun none the less, just don't go in expecting a masterpiece.
This was one of the many many Hallmark movies this year. It seems they are gearing up towards year round movie production, taking all major holidays (and even seasons) as an excuse to spit out more movies. I don't mind, the more the merrier, as long as the quality doesn't suffer too much, which it sometimes does. Some actors and script just aren't that great or original.
I wish they brought back Holly Marie Combs this year, she is so lovely. I loved Elizabeth Mitchell this year in "The Christmas Club", the soft, loveable, fun type suits her! I think Paul Campbell (read his bio on imdb, lol) was miscast this year, I love seeing him in roles that fit his own personality, like the role of Gridley in "Surprised by Love (2015)". Danica McKellar is always hit or miss for me, she is great in movies like "Love at the Christmas Table (2012)" but a lot of the roles Hallmark writes for her are too shallow, or just don't fit her, the same goes for Lacey Chabert. Rachel Boston, Brooke D'Orsay, Fiona Gubelmann and Rachael Leigh Cook are fun most of the time because they just light up a room. -
Luvhallmark27 December 2019I will say - I KNOW IT'S HALLMARK - at Christmas but I had this movie on for 1/2 hour and could no longer watch. The leads had zero chemistry and I'm just not a fan of JL, I'm sure she's a great person, just her acting is always the same. The first Angel Falls starring Rachel Boston & Paul Greene was 10x better than this, now those two leads were oh so good in their respective roles and then add in Beau Bridges, FANTASTIC MOVIE... Sorry Hallmark, you missed the mark here!
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adamjohns-4257524 December 2021In the last Angel Falls film the Angel brought the whole town together, but in this one he just supports a select few. The first instalment definitely works better, especially as the lead male in this one is very slimey to start and the lead female is annoying and whiney.
The whole thing is actually quite forced and unnatural, except for Eric Close, who is his usual lovely and smiley self.
It's not a hideous film to watch, but it could definitely be improved and I think that the story could have had more to it, with better actors and direction too.
Just a tad too far fetched and convenient for me.
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phd_travel20 December 2019The two leads make a nice looking pair but the story is so déjà vu. And Jen Lilley has too much dialogue it seems to fill the emptiness. Her jumping to conclusions are predictable.
Didn't need one more like this. -
This is a Hallmark holiday romance between two high school rivals and Angel Falls natives, Hannah and Ryan. The two unite to try to sign a retired author to Hannah's family publishing business during the holidays.
There are actually angels in this holiday romance that can freeze time....just thought I would mention the elephant in the room!
Otherwise these are two very attractive people who have always seemed to like one another, who get a second chance to clear up misunderstandings and get to know one another...and guess what? They are both nice AND they like each other.
Christmas backdrop for this young attractive couple to fall in love. If that is your thing, this is for you...but otherwise a middle of the road romance with no surprises. -
Mimom217 December 2019I preferred this to the first 'Angel Falls'. Loved the storyline and characters!
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VetteRanger16 December 2019The blurb for this movie sounds MUCH better than what the writers managed to turn out.
I could never find any chemistry between the leads, and the Scrooge-like face and attitude of the "author to be helped" was just a turn off for most of the movie. And of course, the plot is really nothing more than a random collection of familiar cliches, prominent among them the male lead's decision between small-town happiness and big city success.
The female lead was never anything but irritating to me. She alternated between self-pity and forced perkiness, and I don't think the writers even meant to write a manic-depressive.
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MichaelByTheSea3 November 2022I haven't really been a big fan of Hallmark movies that feature angels trying to manipulate the lead characters' lives. I like when people fall in love all by themselves. The big exception to that is this year's gem, Ghosts of Christmas Always (sooooo good). Another exception that comes to mind is Angels and Ornaments (from 2014). The angel in that movie seemed a lot more passionate about his assignment, and I actually shared his frustration that it was taking too long for the two lead characters in that movie to realize they belonged together.
The predecessor to this movie, Christmas in Angel Falls, had two solid Hallmark stars in Paul Greene and Rachel Boston. Beau Bridges played the angel. I liked that love story a bit better, even though I'm not a big Beau Bridges fan.
But here, I had a hard time with Jen Lilley. Again. She's attractive and can be occasionally endearing (I liked her in USS Christmas), but she starred in 2 of the worst Hallmark movies that I've ever seen (Snowkissed & Where Your Heart Belongs) and I really enjoy most Hallmark movies. Even though Hallmark has increasingly featured strong, independent female characters over the years, Lilley often plays insecure, whiny characters that are really off putting, which she was again in this movie. Her character, Hannah Pressman, who works at the Printed Press (get it?), just seemed to be whining all the time. And the writers did her no favors by giving her a character that held a weird 10 year old grudge that she never bothered to discuss with Ryan, played by a far more likable Carlo Marks (he was great in Christmas with the Darlings and Chesapeake Shores).
And the story just seemed...off. That's when the little things can really annoy a viewer. For example, in one scene, she walked into the Printed Press, answered the phone (which was for someone else), and told the caller to hold on "a moment". And then she put the caller on hold, proceeded to walk to the back, and sat down to talk to her mother. There was no one else in the office. Who was the call for? And why just leave the caller on hold?
There were other things that were off. The Printed Press seemed a bit sketchy, and not just because it seemed like only four people worked there. It's a challenging market for big publishing companies, one can only imagine how difficult it must be for a small publishing company to survive. And so it made sense that Ryan, who worked for a big publishing company, wanted to talk about "the numbers". But Hannah only wanted to talk about books that "inspired" her (like cookbooks??).
And why was Ryan's uncle "handling the estate" so long after his parents passed away? It's not like he was some adolescent minor. And, as a lawyer, I can confirm that the process of having Ryan take over as trustee would be relatively simple (unless that trust owned a Fortune 500 company). The only apparent asset was the family home, and so all the trustee had to do was rent out the house.
I also didn't like the self-serving approach to Tina, the grieving author who somehow had an old Christmas book on top of the best seller list. If I were Tina, I would wonder whether the intense interest being focused on her was to get her to sign with The Printed Press. It always seemed like they had an agenda which, in fact, they did.
In short, there were just a lot of problems with this movie. Watch Ghosts of Christmas Always instead. Or Carlo Marks in the heartwarming Christmas with the Darlings. -
leslih-2138416 December 2019The cast was excellent as was the dialogue. Loved it
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I found nothing exceptional about this movie. There was little or no chemistry between the leads. There was nothing to explain choices at the end. The story used several of the over-used plot lines. One thing that was a little different was that the writer suffering writer's block was a third person, not the romantic leads.
I strongly suspect that the movie would have been OK for someone who doesn't binge Christmas movies, but then only OK. -
angelicsk200129 October 2020I thought this movie was charming. The acting was smooth from Carlo Marks. He brought out the wittiness and cheekiness of his character very nicely. I really enjoyed him in this one. Jen Lilley didn't do such a bad job with her character as well.
There was good chemistry between the leads. Yes, somewhat predictable like the presumption that he was going to leave to take the job and snow starting to fall right when they kiss but throughout the movie the predictability wasn't too much and annoying.
I liked that the leads weren't exes who were upset with one another for whatever reason but rather were friends in school who met back up years later. The end was also nice with the slight twist in whom the Guardian Angel was really helping and the bonus that came out of it.
I don't mind having this on the watch again list. -
johnrobertconti27 January 2020Zero Chemistry. Boring movie. I love me some hallmark, but not this mess.
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lisafordeay1 December 2021Angel Falls A Novel Holiday is a 2019 Halmark movie and tells the story of a young novelist who meets a former flame at Xmas time. A mysterious guy shows up(who happens to be an angel) and helps the young man with getting back with the young novelist .
Honestly I found this film boring as I was suppose to watch something else but I ended up watching this instead. If you love Christmas Movies you might like it,me it's a one time watch(may watch it again but right now it's a pass).