Watched this one at my parents house and didn't really take many notes so it'll be a short recap of
CHRISTMAS IN VERMONT
In Which - A no-nonsense Business Executive Girl travels to Vermont from NYC to shut down a failing clothing store, only to fall for both the Guy who runs the business AND soft and cozy cashmere!
Mom always wants to watch some Hallmark movies at Christmas. I have to choose them carefully so both she and Dad are entertained. This was an easy pick because it was set in Vermont (for Mom) and had Chevy Chase and Howard Hesseman in supporting roles!
Chevy Chase plays the NYC boss of the Main Girl who sends her on the Shutdown Mission up to Vermont. He has a half dozen scenes, and holy crap I've never seen a more phoned in performance. It's rare that you can tell that an actor is just reading cue cards positioned just off-camera, but I would be absolute money that was the case here. Chevy couldn't care less about anything happening in his scenes. Hilarious.
An absolute delight, though, is Howard Hesseman (known to my family as the crazy DJ Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati, a TV show from the late 70s I watched re-runs of growing up. He's the Wise Old Man in this plot and really carries a lot of humble charm.
The Business Executive Girl is a little scary, not gonna lie, also she looks about six foot three in heels and towers over everyone else in scene. She has her cold dead heart warmed by the joy and hospitality of this small Vermont Town (filmed in upstate New York of course) and eventually connives to come up with a new product that saves the business in time for Christmas and falls in love with the guy who runs it blah blah blah you know how it ends.
The Business Owner guy had a real nice-guy charm to him (not in a bad way).
It's okay, didn't change my life, I'll give it 6 Soft Cashmere Christmas Sweaters out of 10.
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