I am absolutely hooked on watching Christmas movies. They are so entertaining and I need to start sharing my reviews on this website. Since they are notoriously cheesy, I am going to watch as many Christmas movies as I can and compare each of them to a type of cheese. I will then rate them out of 5 snowflakes and give each movie a “flake rate” because it wouldn’t be the holiday spirit without it.
SPOILER ALERT: I do not hold back any details of the plot, so if you don’t want the ending ruined for yourself, wait to read this until after you have watched the movie.
It is important to note that this is for FUN. I do not have malicious intentions with posting my opinions of these movies. I am NOT an expert on film, only an expert at sitting on my couch in front of my TV!
These reviews were inspired by Alex Stewart of Sassy Confetti. She is reviewing Hallmark Christmas movies on her Instagram, and they are absolute gold!
Summary
I would classify Holiday in the Wild as the parmesan cheese of the Netflix Christmas movies. That should come as no surprise since Rob Lowe is one of the stars. The film would appeal to most people, and the story line was probably one of the more realistic of the Christmas movies I have watched thus far. There were a few questionable subplots, but nothing super out of the blue. They took a basic Christmas movie plot (woman in toxic relationship… woman takes self-discovery endeavor in a new environment… woman meets super attractive man *enter Rob* during her journey… and you know the rest!).
This movie should definitely be bumped to the top, if not already at the top, of your Christmas movie bucket list for the season. It was super cute and that male lead is very easy on the eyes. Furthermore, they actually filmed the movie in Africa and this interview with Rob Lowe and Ellen DeGeneres takes a dive into what it was like shooting this film. Seriously awesome.
My Rating
I just went on a rant about how much I liked this movie so you’re probably like WHAT? WHY DOCK THE FIFTH STAR? Well, let me tell you…
- I felt like the movie was a cute rom com until halfway through the movie when it went into total Christmas movie mode. It went from damsel in distress to too many things going wrong.
- Why was Kate able to FaceTime her son from the middle of an African jungle where there probably are no signs of Wi-Fi/cellular reception? Is Wi-Fi readily available in these elephant nurseries? What about cell reception? I could be convinced otherwise that this may actually have been realistic and I am just clueless with this situation.
