Christmas in the Clouds Reviews

The plot is just too pedestrian, the writing just too limp, and most of the characters just too boring for this to be anything more than a modestly entertaining diversion.

| Original Score: 2/4

It's hard not to hope things work out for everyone, even though you know perfectly they will.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5

Kate Montgomery's agreeably schmaltzy rom-com tempers its near terminal folksiness with stereotype-tweaking irony.

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While you may have seen the story before, the offbeat characters and the movie location make you feel like you're treading new ground.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

While Vahle and Tosca are the most attractive people onscreen, they are the least interesting characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

There are few highs and lows. And after a while all this middle-of-the road blandness wears out its welcome.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

A spin on familiar material, it's aimed at those who like their movies on the warm side.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

While it's understandable some might appreciate Christmas in the Clouds merely for what it attempts to be, it's inexplicable to extol the film on that basis alone.

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... a welcome alternative to big studio family films filled with squealing kids, body functions and pratfalls.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Sweet, charming, romantic, and likeable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Amiable and frivolous, Christmas in the Clouds works mostly because of an appealing cast and an attractive setting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4

Not quite laugh-out-loud funny, but pleasant.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

A good-natured indie that's been kicking around the festival circuit since 2001, and is finally getting a much-deserved distribution.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Christmas in the Clouds won't knock your socks off, but it's so old-fashioned and low-key that it sticks out from the holiday movie pack.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

This is a Hallmark movie with high production values -- and so what? It's gently funny and genuinely good-hearted.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

With its schmaltzy romance, slapdash mistaken identity and heartwarming finale, Christmas in the Clouds belongs on 'Lifetime.'

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

A holiday charmer involving mistaken identity, Native American enterprise, and critter-free gourmet cookery.

| Original Score: 3/4

This all-too-predictable comedy-drama of misunderstandings, which was featured in the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and has been in limbo up until now, is not much different from a typical television movie made for the Lifetime cable channel.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4