It seems like the writers for this movie took a whole bunch of previous scripts and pulled out all the themes and put them into this one. Some of them are: save-the-family-inn, I'm-up-for-promotion-in-far-away=city, family-feud-keeps-us-apart, and traditional-town-Christmas-celebration, and small-town-values-beats-big-corporation. What was slightly unusual about this movie was combining the family feud with save-the-inns so that it was two inns to save instead of one.

The romance between Ryan and Julia takes a distant back seat to the family competition and business threat. As a result, it was a struggle for the leads to demonstrate chemistry together. Their relationship was more like peacemakers than romantic partners. I think the actors felt this and it showed a little in their performances. I say this with some disappointment because I am a huge fan of Rachel Boston.

I think the ending was pretty obvious and as usual for Hallmark, it tied up to many lose ends too neatly.

Of all the some almost 20 Christmas movies I have sat through up to now on the 9th of December, I have to admit that "Check Inn to Christmas" definitely ranks among the best and most enjoyable.

Sure, when I sat down to watch this 2019 Hallmark Christmas movie titled "Check Inn to Christmas" from writer Anna White and director Sam Irvin, I must admit that I was figuring that I would be in for another archetypical Hallmark sappy romantic Christmas movie. But still, I opted to watch it, as I hadn't already seen it.

And, as I stated earlier, "Check Inn to Christmas" is definitely a great movie. I found the storyline to be rather enjoyable and heartfelt, and it definitely transcended the usual sappy romantic Christmas cheese that tends to make up the Hallmark movies. There was just something about the story of two families coming together and overcoming a long family feud for the good of the community that was so well-written and very entertaining.

I wasn't familiar with the majority of the cast that performed in "Check Inn to Christmas", I will say that much. But lead actress Rachel Boston and lead actor Wes Brown definitely carried the movie quite well together. And it was nice to have the likes of Richard Karn and Tim Reid in the movie as well.

If you enjoy Christmas movies and want something that offers more than the usual girl meets boy and become forced to work together and end up falling in love sap, then "Check Inn to Christmas" is well-worth the time and effort. I have to admit that I was more than genuinely entertained by this movie.

My rating of "Check Inn to Christmas" lands on a most deserving seven out of ten stars. Sure, this is not a Christmas classic for me, nor is it a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time. But believe me when I say that if you get the chance to watch "Check Inn to Christmas", do it.

6/10 - average family feud Hallmark channel feature makes for a worthwhile hour and a half