This is the second real estate based Christmas movie this year. And both of them are from Lifetime. The Christmas Listing was about real estate agents fighting over who will sell an inn. Inn Love By Christmas is about two people fighting over who is going to buy an inn. If only they were the in the same universe….

Mandy (Jonna Walsh) works for a hotel that is looking to purchase an inn in her hometown. Lucas (Jesse Hutch), a friendly rival from high school, is also looking to purchase the inn. Who will win?

Inn Love By Christmas is another one of those movies that doesn’t clearly state what is going on. We know that Mandy works for a hotel in Miami. When we see her in the opening, the hotel looks awfully corporate but she claims later that it is a family-owned hotel. I don’t think she was supposed to be exaggerating but it seems like it. In addition, I don’t think they actually said what Lucas does. He talks about cooking and having a new plan for the restaurant at the inn but I don’t think he said anything about running a restaurant or anything. How is he even qualified to run an inn?

There is also this problem that Many and Lucas get along the entire time. The only “villain” in the movie is Ashley (Kelly Van der Burg), who I think was the mean girl in high school. And she is still just a mean girl. She says mean things at inappropriate times. Other than that, there are no consequences. It doesn’t seem to matter whether Mandy or Lucas buys the inn. Mandy isn’t going to lose her job or anything. Lucas only seems to want it so he can cook. It makes no sense.

I can’t possibly recommend watching this. While there isn’t anything particularly bad about it, there definitely isn’t anything good either. Movies should at least have a defined plot. A little depth never hurt anybody.