Christmas Angel - Review
Christmas Angel - BET+ - 1 hour and 32 minutes
Pop singer Angel St. James wraps up her performance and interview on The Tamar Braxton Show and rushes home to meet her fiancé, super producer EJ, for their anniversary. Angel rides home with her manager, Isaac, and he requests her new song. Angel promises to work on it during her break. Angel enters her house to find it empty. She opens a letter from her adoption agency. Sadly, they won't give her information on her birth mother. Then, Angel listens to an old voicemail from her foster sister, Maggie. Maggie wanted to meet with Angel to celebrate the holidays after being two months clean. Angel didn't show, and Maggie overdosed and died. Angel blames herself. Angel calls EJ, and he is at his album release party. EJ forgot about their anniversary and can't leave. He tells Angel to buy whatever she wants at his expense, and Angel hangs up. She tears up her tickets to Aspen and gets in the car to drive to her hometown.
Angel attempts to send a text and runs off the road. A tow driver, Calvin, pulls over to assist her. She offers to pay extra to have him fix it now, but he can't because her car is electric. She asks for a list of 5-star hotels, and Calvin laughs. He knows an Airbnb she can use until he fixes her car. Angel agrees and gets comfortable. Calvin and his daughter, Liz, visit Angel in the morning. Liz is a fan and invites Angel to attend the Christmas Carnival. Calvin curbs Liz's enthusiasm because he knows Angel has to leave. However, Angel says yes to the precocious girl. Angel learns that Calvin is a widower and paralegal with several properties, including her Airbnb. His sister-in-law, Natalie, helps with Liz, but Liz still misses her mom. Angel gets inspiration from Liz and considers ending her relationship with EJ. But the break-up could have a devastating effect on her career. Is Angel willing to risk it all to have everything?
This movie starts with the typical rom-com plot. A big-city woman is unhappy. She lands in a small town with a guy who shows her a better path. However, the script adds more drama to wet your thirst. Natalie blackmails, EJ returns, and Calvin rages. Also, Liz acts her age and isn't a brat. She is a vibrant girl who misses her mom. Her acceptance of Angel allows Calvin to put his guard down and strikes something new in Angel. This film also provides catchy and original music. This movie is fun but for teens and up.
I give it 4 out of 5 stars
Girl, you are on fire - Tamar
Enjoy this. This is your time - Isaac
I can't leave town right now - EJ
The agency denied my request again - Angel
I believe - Maggie
She's the boss - Calvin
I really like your music. A lot - Liz
We need to talk - Natalie
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Heart for the Holidays - Review
Rachel meets with her assistant, Jenna, to plan Rachel's hectic schedule. Rachel leaves to meet with a client but has a heart attack in the client's lobby. Rachel's doctor gives her grim news. She has myocarditis and needs a transplant. Rachel's diagnosis is terminal. The doctor asks Rachel if she has anyone for support, but Rachel only has Jenna. Rachel decides to keep her results private. Later, Rachel's doctor tells Rachel that they found a heart. A woman, Angela, was in a car accident in Cheverly and won't make it. Rachel calls a car to take her to Cheverly Medical Center.
Rachel walks around the hospital for a cell signal to call Jenna. She gets one bar but doesn't realize she is in a woman's hospital room. It's Angela, and Angela has a DNR on her nurses' whiteboard. Angela has sympathy for Rachel's illness and knows she will die soon. Rachel holds Angela's hand, and Angela asks Rachel to promise that Rachel will love deeply and with all her heart. Rachel promises, and Angela dies. Rachel wakes up with Angela's heart beating in her chest.
Rachel continues to make phone calls as she gets better. She takes her daily trips around the hospital but nearly falls. A man, Scott, runs to her aid and fixes her medical IV pole. After a revealing meet-cute, Rachel runs into another transplant patient, Amy. Amy received Angela's kidney. It was monumental for Amy because Angela was her teacher, and they planned the Christmas Carnival together. When Amy learns Rachel has Angela's heart, Amy considers Rachel her sister. Then, Amy's brother, Scott, checks on her. Amy and Scott sign to each other about Rachel. Scott told Amy that Rachel took his breath away. He wants to get to know Rachel better. However, Rachel wants to leave Cheverly and return to LA for work. Rachel tries to escape, but her heart flutters. Something keeps holding Rachel back, and it's more than love.
The beginning will bring you to tears as Angela drifts away with a few parting words to a woman she will save but never know. Afterward, Rachel's connection to Amy garners the viewer's attention, but the film is the typical rom-com plot. Rachel works herself close to death but isn't happy with money and power. The small-town guy shows her a better path to happiness, and she changes. Audiences will phase out when Rachel and Scott are on because you know their ending. However, you will melt when Rachel and Amy bond over the carnival, Angela, and hair. Their sisterly relationship is the storyline's driving force.
I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars
I'm not working this hard for my health - Rachel
I'm so sorry that you're sick, honey - Angela
You're open in the back - Scott
Is this the girl - Amy
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