When Romy and Rick’s parents surprise them with the news that they will be closing the Chinese restaurant they have owned and operated for decades, the siblings each find themselves reevaluating their futures. Also impacted by the news are the landmark restaurant’s loyal patrons and staff, who have all come to depend on the restaurant over the holidays.
Kara Wang
Romy Chen
Osric Chau
Rick Chen
Antonio Cupo
Nate
Barbara Niven
Jane
Zak Santiago
Luis Gonzales
Sara Canning
Veronica
Genevieve Buechner
Sadie Cohen
Markian Tarasiuk
Blake
Mila Jones
Vivi
Robyn Bradley
Tinsley
Brendan Taylor
Dylan
Richard Keats
Ari Cohen
Juliette Hawk
Jessa
Sharon Crandall
Sue Chen
Alana Hawley Purvis
Hannah Cohen
Bobby Stewart
Mr. Barber
Vincent Cheng
Jim Chen
Lydia Campbell
Jen
Jason Fernandes
Miguel
Devon Busswood
Ella
Director
David I. Strasser
Writer
Emily Ting
Writer
Melynda Bissmeyer
December 19, 2022
6
I thought I would try this movie for a couple of reasons. It received fairly good ratings for a Hallmark holiday film. You know, those feel good, snow and miracle-filled films they crank out every year. Also, for several years we had our Christmas Day lunch at Chinese restaurants, so on some level it resonated a little.
I made it through to the end, so that is an improvement over the norm for these films. It was, well, okay. All of the elements: the writing, acting, main plot, all okay. I do have to say there were an awful lot of subplots to keep track of. And yet, here it was less than 90 minutes long and it seemed longer than that to me. That can’t be good. And the Own the Lib crowd must have been seething over all the multiculturalism. And sometimes the outdoor scenes with snow in piles or on roofs, seemed fake to me. At one point a character was shoveling snow on a lawn for some reason. Weird.
So I guess I have established that it was okay, though not destined to make any rotation to watch again during future holiday viewing.