“A Christmas in Tennessee” is an entertaining holiday film worth watching!
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TITLE: A Christmas in Tennessee
FILM YEAR: 2018
DURATION: 87 Minutes
BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition
COMPANY: Lifetime Television
RATED: TV-PG
RELEASE DATE: 2018
Directed by Gary Yates
Written by Cassie Doyle
Executive Producer: Howard Braunstein
Produced by Juliette Hagopian
Associate Producer: Ryan Simmons
Music by Shawn Pierce
Cinematography by Paul Suderman
Edited by John Gurdebeke, George Orallo, Ryan Simmons
Art Direction by Mike Mulhall
Set Decoration by Steve Pacaud
Costume Design by Sandra Soke
Starring:
Rachel Boston as Allison Brentley
Andrew W. Walker as Matthew Gilbert
Patricia Richardson as Martha
Kate Moyer as Olivia Brentley
Bill Lake as Mayor Paul
Stephanie Moroz as Rebecca Rowe
Susanna Portnoy as Sarah Grace
Harry Nelken as Bill
Marina Stephenson Kerr as Rose
Blake Taylor as Clive Harris
Cherissa Richards as Lindsey McMillan
Caroline Rhea as Madame Claus
Tom Young as Monsieur Clause
Allison Bennet (Rachel Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Patricia Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Andrew Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor—with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk—comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything. “A Christmas in Tennessee” is produced by Smokey Mountain Films Inc. and Juliette Hagopian. Howard Braunstein serves as executive producer. Gary Yates directs with a script written by Cassie Doyle.
The Christmas holiday film marathon continues and for day 12, I watched the 2018 Lifetime Television telefilm. “A Christmas in Tennessee”.
The film is directed by Gary Yates and written by Cassie Doyle, the film stars Rachel Boston (“500 Days of Summer”, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”, “Witches of East End”), Andrew W. Walker (“Steel Toes”, “10.5 Apocalypse”), Patricia Richardson (“Home Improvement, “Strong Medicine”), Kate Moyer (“Holly Hobbie”, “The Handmaid’s Tale”), Bill Lake and Stephanie Moroz.
The film revolves around trained French patisser, Allison Brentley (portrayed by Rachel Boston), who runs a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee.
Allison is a single mother to Olivia (portrayed by Kate Moyer) and works with her mother, Martha (portrayed by Patricia Richardson) and times have been financially tough for the family.
Meanwhile, real estate developer Matthew Gilbert (portrayed by Andrew W. Walker) and his assistant Rebecca Rowe (portrayed by Stephanie Moroz) have arrived to White Pines. For Matthew, he is under pressure to make sure he gets a signature of one of the business owners in town, who are descendants of one of the founders of the area, to sell their property, so this would give the real estate developer the opportunity to build resort and all-inclusive spa, five star restaurant in the location of the businesses and town square. The developer just needs one of the signatures, may it be from Allison or the other business owner next door.
But Allison does not want to sell, but the neighboring businessman Clive Harris is. Allison talks to the other business owner to find ways to prevent the real estate and Clive said he would be willing to sell the property to her if she can get half of what was offered to him by the real estate developer.
How can Allison receive enough money to buy Clive’s property, so she doesn’t have to lose the family bakery?
Overall, “A Christmas in Tennessee” is an entertaining holiday film. For the most part, it’s a film that has holiday magic, the Christmas atmosphere and romance. And if anything, it serves as a fun and entertaining holiday film. Sure, it’s a banal storyline of big business trying to buy a business and the owners doing whatever they can to make it not happen. It’s a common storyline, and the ending of course, is quite predictable. But if anything, it’s about the holiday magic, the Christmas atmosphere and the romance, and for the storyline, it does work.
If anything, “A Christmas in Tennessee” is an entertaining holiday film worth watching!
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