Could you describe the ruckus, sir?

Have not watched the teen wolf movie, and will not, but:

Holland Roden is also in a Christmas movie with Tyler Hynes called "Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas" and they have maybe the fanficiest storyline Hallmark has ever produced, and I'm including the ones where there is secret royalty. It's delightful. (It's also a Mysteries channel movie, so there's more genuine angst than the main channel movies have. Still good, though.)

Also delightful, belatedly: Haul Out the Holly, starring Lacy Chabert and Wes Brown, with maybe the best supporting cast of wacky neighbors ever assembled for a made-for-tv film.

Grace Garland (yes, really) is a Marine just off active duty in Afghanistan who's going to be an engineer of some sort in Cincinnati. She misses her search-and-rescue (and also explosive detection? sure.) dog. Named Christmas.

Joe Petersen is a small-town judge who lives on a farm with his dog, Justice. She crashes her new-used car into his fence because something on the car broke. Again, sure. Whatever. Non-threateningly handsome.

If this were airing on Lifetime, it would fully be a coin flip whether the dude whose farm she crashes into is going to be the love of her life or a serial killer. I get that you're a badass marine and also have just conked your head, lady, but yikes.

I would have had more to say about movies before actual Christmas if I hadn't been cringe-watching this one in 8 minute increments for the past week. What we have here is two people plus extended family who talk to everyone with depth and openness in a way that is probably great for maintaining healthy relationships, but personally makes me want to flee.

( this one's short )

I fully only stuck with this because once I realized where it was going, I hoped the last 20 minutes would be good. The last 20 minutes were good! I genuinely believe that all these very nice characters will be very happy for the rest of their fictional lives.