This is simply a, practically scene by scene, copy of "The Family Man" from 2000. And in that version, it was a MAN that ended up seeing what his life would be like with a family instead of a powerful career. Hallmark has done this with other films and it's pretty standard to swap the genders with the movie they copy.
... View MoreHave you ever wondered, "What if.....?" This movie addresses the possibility of making choices in life. Hanna is a successful news reporter with a bright career ahead. What would have happened if she had made other choices at the beginning of her career? This is one of my favorite Christmas movies, with a bittersweet ending.
... View MoreThe movie begins with Hannah Dunbar (Lacey Chabert) faced with a decision between her career or her sweetheart Ben Matthews (Tyron Leitso). The movie fast forwards 10 years and she is an award winning news reporter. Out of the blue she gets a friend request through social media from Ben. With a chance encounter with Santa he asks her to wish for something that she wants, and then she wakes up she is married to Ben, with two children, a dog and living in the suburbs. It is a delightful movie that has Hannah trying to figure out which life is most important.Victor J
... View MoreAnother Hallmark film pandering to women who stay-at-home, have children, and forgo a career.This leading lady realizes a life of car pooling & baking cookies is better than her high profile, profitable career in the big city. It's the sleek metropolitan life versus quaint suburbia once again, as Hallmark regurgitates it's sexist ideas in Christmas colors.Why not make a movie where a woman is changing diapers, arguing with kids about video games, and grounding her teenager from using the car and then she wishes away her family and children? Lest we forget that a woman can never live a life of peace and fulfillment without a husband and kids, right Hallmark?This poor female lead was separating the flakes and raisins out of her two daughter's cereal bowls each morning and everyone in the family, including the husband, expected her to do it and acted like it was normal....and THAT was the preferred life for her!Very disappointing.
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