Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Christmas movie review: The Note

Rating: A

I really enjoyed The Note. Maybe I'm biased because I've been a General Hospital addict for as long as I can remember and Genie Francis starred in this movie. Nonetheless, it tells the story of a struggling writer (Genie) who has been told she needs to improve her newspaper column by Christmas or she's out. Having a difficult time coming up with stories as she has sort of detached herself from feeling anything since her husband passed away, she tried to kill herself, and she gave their child up for adoption, she is drawn to the scene of a nearby plane crash and happens to find a note presumably written by one of the plane's passengers in his last moments. She decides to seek out the person who the note was written to and plays detecting, taking her readers along for the ride. Of course, her column improves and her self-detachment abides and things turn out happily ever after. She even begins a relationship with Ted McGinley, a fellow writer. Ted and Genie are really cute together. Anyway, this movie has a great mix of mystery and the required Christmas magic and was definitely one of the best I've seen this year.

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