I know it's difficult to come up with new Christmas rom-com plots, but it all starts with a great script even if it's repetitive. And it needs good actors/actresses to pull it off. A new young actress who is expected to be the lead and depends on the the male love interest to get through., doesn't cut it.

Hallmark movies are generally more successful, because they have a stable of actresses and actors that they drop into their rom-coms knowing that they can act. This Christmas rom-com suffered because of a bad script and the lead actress didn't deliver. Andrew Dunbar is a known quantity.. Reel One is the king of quantity, but not quality.