On Christmas day, I felt the need to watch the most conventional, Hallmark-style Christmas movie I could possibly find. And that’s why I turned on Reporting for Christmas, a film as uninventive as its title. Mary Romero is a serious, big city gal/hardworking reporter. So when she’s assigned a “puff piece,” looking at the history of a Christmas toy manufacturer in a small town, she’s less than thrilled.
Silver fox toymaker Blake Johnson is equally unexcited about the prospect of featuring his toys on the news. After all, the big evil news company is likely to spin the story in a way that exploits their small town and the very serious toy making business they have going. But what happens when they meet and… fall in love (I guess)? Will Christmas sparks fly or will this movie continue to be boring AF?
Let’s score this bad boy and find out.
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