Chester/Perlmutter Productions
Stephanie Belding, Wayne Curnew, Azer Greco, Lauren Holly, Dennis O’Connor, Rick Roberts, Torri Webster
One of the new Christmas on TV movies for 2010, this film is really good. It’s the story of a well off family on their way to a resort waiting with lots of presents and plans in Colorado who get stranded in some very bad weather out in the mountains. They’re in the middle of Nowhere. Now I capitalize this because it is literally the town of Nowhere. Nowhere was a mining town, but the mines have closed, and most everyone has moved away. Those that are left are in dire straits. Well the family’s car has broken down and it’s going to take a couple days to bus in the parts to fix it. Meanwhile the Mayor’s wife is hell bent on holding an annual Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve and her husband is convinced they can’t afford it. First, hating the town for it’s laid back, nothing to do, no TV no cell phone service, the family begins to make some friend and to empathize with the situation the people of Nowhere are in. Will the pageant go on? Will it matter?
This is a rather new story, somewhat different that what we’ve seen before and it’s a lot of fun but has a lot of good principles and feel good moments as well. This is a refreshing change from the old films we’ve seen over and over and it’s nice to have a brand new Christmas story for 2010. I liked it.
** The Town Christmas Forgot (2010),
