Last year, I reviewed Five More Minutes, a movie based on a song. This year, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries gave us Five More Minutes: Moments Like These. I think this might be a new series blossoming.
Kaitlyn (Ashley Williams) lost her husband four years ago. Now she is raising their son, Adam (Brady Droulis), by herself. She couldn’t bear to stay in Colorado without her husband so she moved the family to Los Angeles. However, Adam is not doing well emotionally. For the holidays, they go back to Colorado to prepare to sell the old house. Kaitlyn wishes to see her late husband, Brian (Lane Edwards), for five more minutes. Instead, Brian’s ghost does what he can to help Kaitlyn and Adam move on with their lives.
I didn’t like last year’s chapter of Five More Minutes. This year’s chapter is a little more realistic and a little more emotional. It isn’t quite as overboard as the previous one. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any pitfalls. Ten-year old Adam is a little too…good. He is constantly trying to figure out how to do more for charity. Which is a nice thing but I’m not sure that an emotionally traumatized ten-year old is going to throw themselves into charity work like that. It was more realistic when he was pulling away from his mother by playing video games. But that is probably the worst of the problems. Since it’s easily overlooked, it’s not a big deal.
Sure, you can go ahead and check this one out. I think splitting so much of the story between Kaitlyn and Adam was a bit of a mistake since it means that we don’t really get to focus on either. But it’s fine. It’s a Christmas movie, not high cinema.