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Summary
Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just before Christmas when her dad, Ted, takes a bad fall while putting up decorations.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 60GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.1
Audience score58%
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 romances, −19 min on the typical 107
typical 10788Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2013
November 30, 2013
13 years ago
Genres
RomanceComedyTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
and 11 moreDirecting · 1
- Peter Sullivan Director, Writer, Story, Co-Producer
Writing · 2
- Hanz Wasserburger Writer
- Jeffrey Schenck Story, Executive Producer
Production · 6
- Zelma Kiwi Executive Producer
- Barry Barnholtz Executive Producer
- Donald Paul Pemrick Casting
- Dean E. Fronk Casting
- Christopher Ray Line Producer
- Diane Healey Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Roberto Schein Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Randy Carter Editor
Sound · 1
- Matthew Janszen Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Alexa Roland Production Design
- Fernando Valdes Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Hana Rausalova Costume Design
- Julia Hapney Makeup Artist
- Liz McCracken Key Makeup Artist
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