A Snow Globe Christmas
A Snow Globe Christmas is a 2013 American-Canadian made-for-television, drama, romantic comedy film starring Alicia Witt, Donald Faison, Christina Milian, and Trevor Donovan. The film follows a workaholic who, through unusual circumstances, is led to discover what she really wants in life. It premiered on Lifetime Movie Network on December 14, 2013.
A Snow Globe Christmas | |
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Also known as | A Snow Globe Christmas |
Written by | Delondra Williams Naomi L. Selfman |
Directed by | Jodi Binstock |
Starring | Alicia Witt Donald Faison Christina Milian Trevor Donovan |
Music by | Chris Ridenhour |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
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Executive producer(s) | David Rimawi Paul Bales David L. Garber |
Producer(s) | David Michael Latt |
Cinematography | Warren Yeager |
Editor(s) | Bobby K. Richardson |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Asylum |
Distributor | Lifetime Movie Network |
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A Snow Globe Christmas received a 5.6/10 rating on IMDB and got less than ideal reviews from critics. On the website FLICKFEAST one critic, Kevin Matthews, wrote, "Indeed, even by the standards used to judge other Christmas TV movies, this is a fairly lazy and slapdash bit of entertainment. That's probably due to the fact that The Asylum always confuse making the most of their limitations with not doing enough to actually hide them, be they artistic, technical, or budgetary. This is a Christmas film that barely feels Christmassy enough, with the seasonal tropes feeling more perfunctory than essential to the story."
Plot summary
A strict television executive, Meg (Alicia Witt), is left alone on Christmas by her boyfriend, Eric (Trevor Donovan) who goes to Las Vegas. While Meg is pushing her staff to work extra hard on the holidays, she is visited by an angel named Sal (Christina Milian). Meg has a freak accident where she is not snow globe and is knocked unconscious. She wakes up in a perfect town where he is married to Ted (Donald Faison), her ex-boyfriend from college, and their two perfect children. Meg is convinced this situation has been brought on by a concussion or a joke her boyfriend and staff are playing on her, but she goes along with it. When she awakens the next day, she learns she is still stuck in an alternate reality. Meg tries to understand why she is there and how she can get back to her boyfriend Eric and life in the city.
After discovering that a train she boards only goes around town, Meg wanders the village where she finds members of her staff and her boyfriend Eric, who is the mayor in this reality. This confirms her fear that she has a concussion and is stuck in the alternate reality until she wakes up.
Meg decides to run away from Ted to talk to Eric. She learns Eric is a cheater and trying to destroy the town's precious forest to build a country club. This is a reflection of her real boyfriend's actual character. This compels Meg to realize she is no longer interested in Eric, she and makes things right with Ted. Meg sees what her life could have been like had she not chosen work over starting a life with Ted after college. With some guidance from her angel, Meg and Ted save the village and she discovers what her dreams are in life and learns the meaning of Christmas: giving and love.
Meg wakes up still on set where she was filming before the snow globe knocked her out. She says she feels fine and sends her staff to go home to be with their families. She then takes a trip to the real Ted's house, where she talks to him and learns that he made the snow globe that caused her concussion. Meg sees a photograph on Ted's tree that looks like the angel from her dream; it turns out to be Ted's mom, who was trying to bring Meg and Ted together. Meg and Ted both go to grab the snow globe at the same time and end up holding hands. The movie then jumps ten years into the future, where we see Meg and Ted preparing for the holidays with their children, the same ones from Meg's dream.[1]
Cast
- Alicia Witt as Meg
- Donald Faison as Ted
- Christina Milian as Sal
- Trevor Donovan as Eric
- Art LaFleur as Mr. Barns
- Damoni Burkhardt as Mia
- Hayden Faraday as Teddy Jr.
- Francia Raisa as Penny
- Logan Binstock as Veronica / Mary
- Jackie Moore as Jessica
- Amy Ryder as Winnie
- Alex Ball as Poskins
- Brody Hutzler as Hugh
- Diahnna Nicole Baxter as Barb
- Henry 'Chopper' Platt as Jakey (as Henry Platt)
References
- Latt, D. (Producer), & Binstock, J. (Director). (2013). A Snow Globe Christmas [Motion Picture]. United States & Canada: The Asylum.