A Very Merry Mix-Up
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| Genre | Romance |
| Distributed by | Hallmark Channel |
| Directed by | Jonathan Wright |
| Produced by | Marek Posival |
| Written by | Barbara Kymlicka |
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| Music by | Stacey Hersh |
| Cinematography | Russ Goozee |
| Editing by | Marvin Lawrence |
| Production company | Chesler/Perlmutter Productions |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | Hallmark Channel |
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A Very Merry Mix-Up is a 2013 American romance television film directed by Jonathan Wright and starring Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, and Scott Gibson. Written by Barbara Kymlicka, the film is about a woman who flies to her fiancé's home town alone to meet her future in-laws for the first time at their Christmas gathering. At the airport, after discovering that her luggage is lost and her mobile phone is broken, she meets her future brother-in-law by chance for the first time. He takes her to his parents' home, where she meets a warm loving family preparing for Christmas. Everything seems perfect until her "fiancé" arrives—and she realizes that she is with the wrong family.[1]
Cast
- Alicia Witt as Alice
- Mark Wiebe as Matt
- Scott Gibson as Will
- Mimi Kuzyk as Judith
- Judah Katz as Roy
- Lawrence Dane as Charles
- Richard Fitzpatrick as Joe Mitchum
- Susan Hogan as Penny Mitchum
- Howard Hoover as Grant Lockley
- Alison Jutzi as Airport Employee
- Justin Mader as Billy Mitchum
- Russell Yuen as Dr. Stark
Critical response
In his review for the Movie Fan Central website, Mrs. Data gave the film 6.5 out of 10 stars, calling it a "cute and sweet TV movie".[2] Data wrote that Witt was "really adorable and real as the female lead" and that she had good chemistry with Wiebe.[2] Data also noted that while Weibe's on-screen family felt like a "genuine group", most of the other characters come across "very perfect", that they "only exist in movies".[2]
In his review for the Movie Buff website, Matt Christopher gave the film a grade of C, calling it "predictable" with "cliche" characters.[3]
References
- ↑ "A Very Merry Mix-up". The New York Times. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Data, Mrs. "Review: A Very Merry Mix-Up". Movie Fan Central. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ↑ Christopher, Matt (December 14, 2013). "A Very Merry Mix-Up". The Movie Buff. Retrieved December 10, 2014.