This
film is based on a novel by Sheila Roberts. Joy Robertson has always enjoyed the Christmas season. She likes to decorate, host parties and
bake. This year will be the last
year her two teenage boys will be home before going to college and she is
hoping for it to be perfect. She has asked her family to
help her but they seem to be piling on requests and not doing any of the simple things
she has asked them to do. When she
sees they are eating for breakfast the Christmas cookies she was up until 4AM
making, it is the LAST straw. They
didn’t ‘see’ the note stating what event the cookies were going to is their excuse. The
workers at a local grocery store are on strike and the signs give her an
idea.
My
first question is, why are they eating Christmas cookies for breakfast? The scenes with the three guys trying
to make Christmas cookies are very funny.
They are very lacking in baking skills. Many of the women in the town join in with Joy on her strike
because they are feeling the same way.
They all feel unappreciated and overwhelmed. 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
87
min, TV movie directed by Robert Iscove with Daphne Zuniga, David Sutcliffe,
Victor Zinck Jr., Evan Williams, Chelah Horsdal, Vincent Gale, Julia Duffy, Ian
Brown, Alex Bruhanski, Olivia Cheng.
Note: Imdb 5.1 out of 10, 24% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 45 reviews.
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