Falling For Christmas [2022]

This post is late due to internet issues, but although this movie has been talked about a lot, there isn't really that much to say. This movie isn't even the one that comes up when you Google Image search Falling for Christmas because apparently another movie was made with that name in 2016. Sarah quickly identified the movie as a remake of Overboard, a movie no one else had seen, and it's also another of those movies that was made by Netflix but is for all intents and purposes a Hallmark movie. The main reason this movie is talked about is because it's being heralded as Lindsay Lohan's return to film.

The film is about a hotel heiress who gets amnesia after falling off a ski slope. She gets taken in by the widowed owner of a failing, rival ski lodge and learns how to do chores and fall in love. She gets her memory back and ends up moving in with the lodge owner and becoming a stepmom to his plucky daughter. That's functionally the whole film. There's a bit of a side story with her "comic relief" fiance who also got lost in the woods, and he seemingly has a happy ending too when he realizes that he's gay or bi but it's presented somewhat subtly because "Hallmark." I guess that's progress.

The film doesn't have many laugh moments. There are a lot of cliches, a random old guy who's the Santa stand-in, and very little reason for these two to fall in love. Mainly it's interesting to watch the uncanny valley of Lohan's face. After a lot of drugs and plastic surgery, she doesn't look quite how she should. She's only 36 and when her face isn't moving, she looks like a normal 36-year-old with some lip filler. The second she has an expression though, there's just something off about her. This isn't meant to be a criticism, clearly she's had a rough time, but the byproduct of this as an actor is really interesting since she has to make faces for her job. 

Overall, you probably shouldn't bother with this film; if you really like this kind of movie, there are funnier ones out there.

Spoon Rating: 2.5