One Special Night
This movie is not good. In fact, if not for Julie Andrews, this movie would be a zero. It's about Andrews, a successful, sophisticated widow getting trapped in a log cabin, forced to spend a night snowed in with James Garner. The problem is that James Garner is the absolute worst person to get trapped with. It's hilarious because this is in 1999 where the things he says are probably meant to be a little old fashioned, a little out of touch, but in 2025 he has a cancelable offense every two seconds. Jess and I were gasping every scene as he says the wildest, most sexist things you've ever heard. This is a horror movie! The goddess Julie Andrews forced to spend the night with like, Lindsey Graham.
There is also another side plot that is absolutely bonkers, again with a husband trying to win back his wife by doing the most inappropriate, crazy stuff you've ever seen. This movie became so bad that we had to see it through and we were laughing quite a bit when we weren't screaming at the TV. In the end, both of these terrible men win their women over with their rugged, old fashioned values, their salt-of-the-earth ways, and we have lots of smiles and kisses on Christmas morning. Sorry for spoiling, but if this review wasn't warning enough, then know that this is essentially a Hallmark movie and the plot is irrelevant.
Still, it's 90 minutes, the music and photography are excellent, and Julie Andrews truly is irresistible. That's gotta count for something, right?
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