Christmas in Toyland
Published December 22, 2022
Film info
- Title Christmas in Toyland
- Director Bill Corcoran
- Year 2022
- Run time 1hr 24m
- Genres Romance, Comedy
- Tagline Christmas in Trinket Town
Data analyst Charlie is sent by her boss at the Big Teddy Toyland company to examine first-hand why one of their stores is kicking the downward sales trend. At store 24 in New Jersey, she meets manager Grant, who has a contempt for corporate life and tries to retain the spirit of his grandfather, who also ran a toy store.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:17 | Is this my first official Hallmark movie? I don’t know, it’s became the Google or Hoover or cheesy movies. |
| 4:54 | “Are you suggesting we ignore the fact that all our stores are hemorrhaging money?” The Christmas spirit right there. |
| 5:45 | Big Teddy Toy Company! I want to work there! |
| 10:07 | He is unfeasibly good looking, and a good boss too? Blimey. |
| 12:51 | Is paper reliable? Burns and gets wet quite easily. I suppose a computer does too. |
| 15:21 | “A little old school in the record-keeping department.” |
| 23:44 | I’m just browsing is code for leave me alone, he must know that. |
| 26:37 | Marta is a proper little interferer! |
| 28:55 | If his is the only success, he should be able to find a way to buy it and leave the big nasty corporate behind. |
| 36:49 | Spice World on VHS! I want it on digital! |
| 42:53 | Can’t believe her first instinct would be to taste the mysterious ancient fairy dust. |
| 52:54 | “Wood, not plastic.” Yay! |
| 1:02:06 | They really should have visited it in person anyway, that shouldn’t have been her idea. |
| 1:10:57 | “I’m not spontaneous and playful and magical. I’m a data analyst for a reason.” Bit of shade on analysts there. |
| 1:19:16 | Those donuts were HUGE. |
Thoughts
A batch of proper cheesy Christmas movies appeared on iPlayer and with a spare ninety minutes, I figured it couldn’t hurt to watch one of these babies for free. This one was actually pretty respectable for a Hallmark movie, although not a patch on some of the better festive rom-coms we’ve watched. Some of the story choices didn’t really make sense, and the sentimental nature of it sometimes veered into irritating, but the male lead was great and I think they had the beginnings of some good chemistry.
Rating: 2 / 5
