I enjoyed this movie. I'm sure that being filmed during the pandemic caused a few casting problems, and hiccoughs. I think it was a lot of fun and very enjoyable. The cause of the problem is a fun twist on the need for a fake fiance. There are some really funny moments (and I've watched it a couple of times and hear and see more each time).
It is obvious that friends and especially Mom have been worrying about Sawyer's single state, which explains the joy at the "news." Marie Osmond's exuberance over becoming a grandma is hilarious. (Although some think this was too much, I know people like that who go crazy when they think a grandchild is on the way.)
Amanda and Sarah Jayne totally crack me up with their quick bantering.
I watched to movie for a feel good romcom, (not looking for things to criticize and be nasty about) and enjoyed it thoroughly.
A Fiancé for Christmas
2021
Action / Comedy / Romance
A Fiancé for Christmas
2021
Action / Comedy / Romance
Keywords: christmas
Plot summary
Doctor Sawyer have a frustrating pressure from her mother and friends to get a boyfriend. One day she's out shopping a wedding present for a friend together with her assistant nurse, Jules. When she complains about constantly being pressured Jules suggest that she set up a wedding gift wish list at the store just to blow off some steam. Jules register a fake list at the store and off they go. Unfortunately the list leaks and suddenly everyone thinks that she has a secret fiancé. On top of that she agrees to meet up with a patients brother, Landon, and they meet her ex-boyfriend who assumes that Landon is the secret fiancé. Landon plays along and agrees to play her boyfriend for a while and then brake up with her. But things spins out of control and on top of that Sawyer really starts to like Landon.
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A Delightful movie. Funny quick humor
The movie title is wrong and should be corrected
The title of the movie is wrong it should be corrected. The title to this movie is A Fiancé For Christmas. It was a good movie I really enjoyed it. Its near impossible to come up with a new movie idea, sure this one has been done before and this one does it well.
Amanda Payton is a "10"
This is a very enjoyable version of the fake fiancé trope thanks mostly to plenty of wit and humor in the script and the acting of Amanda Payton. She is adorable and hilarious. When the sweet tooth inflicted obstetrician stuffs a whole cookie in her mouth with her eyes daring the fake fiancé to say anything, I was sold.
Amanda opens a private make believe wedding gift registry for some retail therapy. When it becomes public all of her friends, coworkers, boss, and mother think our workaholic too busy to date heroine is engaged and act accordingly with unrestrained joy and a bridal shower. Her mother even remodels a spare room into a nursery. As one thing leads to another and she feels too trapped to confess the truth and is forced to recruit the handsome brother of a patient into being her fake fiancé. Even her future career rests on not revealing her lie. Romance and hilarity ensue as Sawyer "I wanna marry this dough" and the agreeable Landon become more and more entangled.
Unfortunately, Adam Gregory as Landon is too passive and not up to the task of keeping pace with the force of nature that is Amanda Payton in her role as Sawyer. He is conventionally handsome and just plain conventional, bringing nothing to the table other than his too perfect looks. There is no spark or chemistry although Amanda gives it her all. Marie Osmond is way over-the-top as the high-strung flakey Mom, totally unbelievable as a respected anthropologist, but she is funny. Will someone please tell her to get her hair out of her face though?