Vintage: Hallmark, 2010. This film is an elder statesman and deserves your respect. Summary: An urban family that can’t seem to get along gets stranded in a remote, impoverished lumber town two days before Christmas. When they become involved in the town’s home-grown Christmas pageant, they not only help solve the town’s problems but learn to connect with each other just in time for the holidays. Cast member prestige: Family matriarch Annie Benson is played by Lauren Holly, arguably best known for her fine work in my father’s favorite movie, Dumb and Dumber . Those in the know, however (meaning me and Laurie and no one else) recognize and celebrate her role as the ballet school headmistress who sleeps with her students in Netflix’s adaptation of the YA book Tiny Pretty Things . Family patriarch Charles Benson is played by a Canadian named Rick Roberts. Action: We open on a car navigating a snowy mountain pass. The car’s passengers, the Benson family, are on their way to a Colorado ...
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