Matchmaker Santa (TV Movie 2012)

Matchmaker Santa: Directed by David S. Cass Sr.. With Lacey Chabert, Florence Henderson, John Ratzenberger, Lin Shaye. As a little girl, Melanie Hogan (Lacey Chabert) wished to find her own Prince Charming, just like her parents found true love. Now an adult, Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome CEO, Justin (Thad Luckinbill). Although things seem perfect when Justin asks Melanie to spend the holidays with him at his beautiful lake house upstate and meet his mother, Melanie finds herself spending more time with Justin’s best friend and loyal assistant Dean (Adam Mayfield), who might have secret crush on her. When complications arise that throw Melanie and Dean together over the holiday, will the two realize they’re meant to be?

“Meh. Another run-of-the-mill Made-for-TV Christmas movie that has no special charm yet isnu0026#39;t pure trash either. Lacey Chabert (Party of Five and the original Meg on Family Guy) is nice enough to watch. Florence Henderson (Mrs. Brady) adds a nice touch. But overall this does nothing for me. Itu0026#39;s a romance, a chick flick, a Christmas movie chick flick and the Hallmark Channel is quite adept at making these. Plus they have a disease of adding too much musical score thatu0026#39;s too loud — they donu0026#39;t rely on strength of dialogue, they cheese it up which is most unfortunate. Not that this is all that strong but they oughta give movies a shot instead of masking them with unnecessary background music.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e5.6 / 10 starsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e–Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener”