A Christmas Exchange (TV Movie 2020)

A Christmas Exchange: Directed by Justin G. Dyck. With Laura Vandervoort, Rainbow Sun Francks, Nigel Bennett, Martin Roach. This holiday season, Molly Cooper swaps her snow covered farmhouse for Patrick Kensington’s posh London apartment. While enjoying Christmas time in the UK, Molly begins to look forward to every communication with Patrick. Likewise, Patrick finds Molly’s warm emails and texts charming and compelling. Sparks fly between them as they get to know each other and fall in love as they live in each other’s spaces. Coming home for Christmas Day, Molly is greeted to a new life and a new love.

“Obviously this movie borrows from the house swap movies, especially The Holiday, and from Youu0026#39;ve Got Mail. But itu0026#39;s not like most of the other u0026quot;same old stuffu0026quot; out there on all the Christmas channels. Itu0026#39;s quirky and I donu0026#39;t think itu0026#39;s meant to be taken with a serious attitude.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMolly, played by Laura Vandervoort, is an emotionally messed up woman. He grams just died leaving her at loose ends. One thing she shared with her grams was an obsession with Romance novels. Thatu0026#39;s taken to an extreme here but it helps add to the quirkiness. Molly is not only hopeless emotionally, but sheu0026#39;s also a little bit of a klutz.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePatrick is a rigid as Molly is quirky, but he changes more quickly. Part of that is being dumped by his girlfriend for not paying her enough attention. Rigid Patrick climbs (literally) into Mollyu0026#39;s house and is immediately hit by Mollyu0026#39;s totally different lifestyle and friends. He finds it endearing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLaura Vandervoort and Rainbow Sun Francks have great chemistry. Since quirkiness and exaggeration are central to this movie, itu0026#39;s hard to say much about supporting actors. They fit right in.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI wish previews and the synopsis for this movie didnu0026#39;t give so much away, but the lack of viable candidates to match with the two leads makes it pretty obvious who is going to end up with who. Most house swap movies end up with two couples, one in each location.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie makes an excellent change of pace from the majority of the Christmas movies running at this time of year, but only if not taken in a serious manner.”