‘A Biltmore Christmas’ is enchanting
Category: Television and Streaming
The new Hallmark original movie A Biltmore Christmas is the most enchanting and magical holiday film this year. It’s unique and, as we all want from our holiday films, filled with fun and love.
Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha star in this time travel tale that is both magical and mysterious. Lucy (Lenz) is a screenwriter tasked with updating the holiday classic film His Merry Wife!. Being a modern woman in 2023, she has a different ending in mind from the original film. Rather than the romantic happy ending that has audiences grabbing their tissues, she wants to change things up. The studio boss, however, is not having any of that. So, he sends Lucy to Ashville, North Carolina to spend the holiday at the famed Biltmore Estate where the original film was made. He hopes she will change her mind and give him the happy ending audiences want.
Well, Lucy is ambivalent about this but wants the job so off she goes to the Biltmore. It’s beautiful and filled with holiday charm. Plus, it displays many items from the classic movie, that thrills guests and fans of that film. When she is handling the hourglass prop from the movie which is in an office, things change. Leaving the room she discovers she has been transported back to 1940s and is smack dab in the middle of the production. It’s there she meets Jack Huston (Polaha), the star of the show.
Being totally confused, Lucy has no idea what is going on. She then returns to the present day but later decides to see if she can return to the 1940s. There is something about being there that catches her attention. Could it be Jack Huston?
Lucy finds herself in the middle of a production crisis (in the 1940s) and does everything in her power to set things right. After all, she cannot let one of the most beloved Christmas classic movies be altered. She has to make sure everything is the same as it should be. Imagine if White Christmas had not starred Bing Crosby.
Her hands are full as she does everything in her power to make sure the film is produced exactly as it should be – and was. But she also knows, besides setting things right, she has to return to 2023, and that means leaving Huston behind.
Well, this is definitely a romantic story combined with time travel, magic, and holiday charm. Polaha is adorable and viewers will most likely fall for him as much as Lucy does. Not only does Lucy write the feel-good ending to her new script, but this film gives Hallmark viewers their own feel-good ending.
A Biltmore Christmas is a delightful film for this holiday season. It premieres November 26, 2023 on Hallmark Channel. It’s definitely one of the most delightfully original films of the season.
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