Ugh, another time travel Christmas movie. When will writers realize that these stories are terrible?
Cheryl (Tamera Mowry-Housley) is an astrophysicist with a job reviewing grant proposals for the National Science Foundation. She isn’t particularly happy with her life as her job requires long hours and little science. When she comes home for the holidays, she rides a magical carousel at the Christmas Carnival that sends her back in time five years. Would she be happier if she made different life decisions?
I don’t understand why this movie was greenlit. When Cheryl goes back in time, it seems like she didn’t make bad decisions originally. She just didn’t want to say no to anyone. That job she dislikes? She knew what the job was. She agreed to it. Even when she had a second chance to turn down the job, she doesn’t tell the boss no. She tries to make herself sound like a terrible candidate so he won’t hire her. It’s perfectly fine to say no. Especially when it’s a job that you didn’t actually apply for.
The rest of the movie was Cheryl pushing her opinions onto everyone else. Her sister, Trish (Zarrin Darnell-Martin), wants to open a restaurant. Cheryl thinks it’s too risky and does everything in her power to talk her sister out of it. She has zero concern about what her sister actually wants.
Big surprise, she also doesn’t treat George (Michael Xavier), the romantic lead of the movie, very well either. She claims she’s competing with him but she isn’t doing it in a friendly manner. She spends a lot of time belittling him. And we’re supposed to believe that she loves this guy.
Christmas Comes Twice isn’t worth your time. This is another movie that I fell asleep watching. That is probably the best way to watch it. Turn it on for background noise and take a nap. You won’t miss anything.