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MOVIE REVIEW
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MOVIE REVIEW
\nChristmas in Paradise<\/strong>
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Genre:<\/strong> Comedy
\nYear Released:<\/strong> 2022
\nRuntime:<\/strong> 1h 29m
\nDirector(s):<\/strong> Philippe Martinez
\nWriter(s):<\/strong> Philippe Martinez, Megan Brown Martinez
\nCast:<\/strong> Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, Billy Ray Cyrus, Nathalie Cox, Naomi Frederick, Ray Fearon, Victoria Ekanoye, Anna Greenidge
\nWhere To Watch:<\/strong> In select theaters November 11 and on DVD\/Blu-ray November 15, 2022<\/p>\n

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RAVING REVIEW: <\/strong>A fair warning sign is when you have a cast made up of 90s stars, and a country musician turned actor. This is a recipe for the average of all average experiences, and it delivered on that projection and then some.<\/p>\n

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I don’t think you’ll hate the decision to watch this, but I also can’t imagine many thrilled with themselves. This felt like a made-for-TV film that got a little extra bump because of the cast and the fact that it’s a holiday film.<\/p>\n

Okay, now that I’m done pummeling the film, let me redeem it a little. To start with, Billy Ray Cyrus was underused (yes, you read that correctly). Cyrus has a reasonably short-lived TV series, STILL THE KING, and I won’t lie, I enjoyed it quite a bit. He showed that he had some acting chops that I hadn’t expected. Unfortunately, he was relegated to “the singer” for most of the film; it almost felt like product placement.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Grammer and Elizabeth Hurley, delivered what I would consider admirable performances, not going above and beyond but not just phoning it in. That’s the primary reason this ended up with a 2.5 (yes, many will take that as me hating it, but I will eventually make a 2.5 the norm for a film you didn’t love but also didn’t hate.) The other big knock against it is the all too familiar “Christmas in a tropic location” trope I think we’ve had more than our fair share of.<\/p>\n

There were a few genuinely touching moments that started to hook me but often, it felt like those were put to the side and then revisited later after I had lost the empathy for the moment. Being billed as a comedy, there were some funny moments, but I don’t know about enough to justify that ultimate billing.<\/p>\n

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MOVIE REVIEW Christmas in Paradise  –      Genre: Comedy Year Released: 2022 Runtime: 1h 29m Director(s): Philippe Martinez Writer(s): Philippe Martinez, Megan Brown Martinez Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, Billy Ray Cyrus, Nathalie Cox, Naomi Frederick, Ray Fearon, Victoria Ekanoye, Anna Greenidge Where To Watch: In select theaters November 11 and on DVD\/Blu-ray November 15, 2022 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t