The path of true love may not be smooth but it is predictable in Christmas in the Clouds, a wisp of a movie set in a Utah ski resort run by a Native American tribe.
Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:12
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.8/10
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for mild sexual content and some language
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Nov 4, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Back from the city, Ray is the new manager of his tribe's struggling ski resort. Convinced that the hotel's beautiful guest is an incognito critic for the exclusive 'Worthington Travel Guide,' he... Back from the city, Ray is the new manager of his tribe's struggling ski resort. Convinced that the hotel's beautiful guest is an incognito critic for the exclusive 'Worthington Travel Guide,' he sets out to garner a good review. But the guest-- actually a Mohawk Indian -- has her own agenda: she's come to the reserve hoping to find the man with whom she's been exchanging romantic emails. When she mistakenly confuses the over-solicitous Ray for her amorous pen pal, the comedy of errors kicks into high gear. Especially when the real critic arrives and encounters the hotel's vegetarian chef who whips up fabulous meals for his guests, then kills their appetites by telling them the pet names and life stories of the animals they are eating. Add to the mix chambermaids who insist on bringing their children to work, a resident handyman who constantly hits on the ski bunnies and Ray's father, the retired chief, who just wants to win the new Jeep Cherokee at the big holiday bingo contest. [More]
Starring: Graham Greene, M. Emmet Walsh, Tim Vahle, Sam Vlahos
Starring: Graham Greene, M. Emmet Walsh, Tim Vahle, Sam Vlahos, Mariana Tosca, Sheila Tousey, Rosalind Ayres, Rita Coolidge, Lois Red Elk, Jonathan Joss, Shirley Cheechoo, Kanina Moeller, Kaesi Belen Soto, Georgina Lightning, Brian Wescott, Larry Chesspooch, Heather Rae, Carla Plante, Patrick Shining Elk, Wes Studi, Mindy Lawson, Randall Carlisle, Jeff Pehrson, Anthony Hsieh, Millie Chou, Phillip Blanchett, Steve Sandalis, Mace Melonas, Joetta Bitsui, Warrior Mouse
Director: Kate Montgomery
Director: Kate Montgomery
Screenwriter: Kate Montgomery
Composer: Rita Coolidge, Stephen McKeon
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Nov 30, 1999
Reviews for Christmas in the Clouds
Kate Montgomery's agreeably schmaltzy rom-com tempers its near terminal folksiness with stereotype-tweaking irony.
While you may have seen the story before, the offbeat characters and the movie location make you feel like you're treading new ground.
While Vahle and Tosca are the most attractive people onscreen, they are the least interesting characters.
A spin on familiar material, it's aimed at those who like their movies on the warm side.
Although nearly every aspect of the plot is predictable, Christmas in the Clouds produces a delightful surprise: a warm glow that you take home with you.
With its schmaltzy romance, slapdash mistaken identity and heartwarming finale, Christmas in the Clouds belongs on 'Lifetime.'
A holiday charmer involving mistaken identity, Native American enterprise, and critter-free gourmet cookery.
Looking for a heartwarming, grown-up movie to get you in the holiday spirit? Christmas in the Clouds should fit the bill.
It's genuinely funny and it has heart without the obvious calculation the word "heart" usually means in a Hollywood film.
There will be holiday pictures that are more high-tech than this one. But there may not be many with such good cheer.
This is an emphatically old-fashioned and family-friendly comedy with an American Indian setting and cast. A spin on some very familiar material, it's aimed at those who like their movies on the warm side.
The elements of this Native American comedy look cloying on paper, but first-time helmer-scripter Kate Montgomery has such a winning way with her adroitly assembled cast that these concerns don't apply.
A sweet-natured holiday comedy that derives no small amount of specialness and energy from the fact that the movie offers a glimpse of contemporary American Indian life.
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