MOVIE REVIEW #4 - THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS

MOVIE REVIEW #4 - The Nine Lives Of Christmas

Romance, Christmas, and Cats! What else could you ask for during the first really cold week of November? Hallmark has given us a real treat in the form of this original Christmas movie based on the novel by Shelia Roberts.

This is a typical rom-com decorated with Christmas wrapping and twinkle lights. If you are following along with my categories of Christmas movies this is a standard "Christmas heals a broken heart" movie. Our star crossed lovers are Zachary Stone and the no-last-name Marilee. Zach is a firefighter who watched his parents marriage fall apart and therefore doesn't believe in love and Marilee is a would be veterinarian who doesn't have time to date between working at a pet store and studying to clean impacted anal glands. There are also two cats who are stars in this movie. Marilee's cat Queenie is clandestine in that Marilee isn't allowed to have cats in her apartment and Ambrose is a stray cat that finds Zach and moves in with him.

 I am not going to lie this movie is very cutesy and screwball comedy and is about as deep as the water under your Christmas tree, but I loved it. There aren't any amazing laughs and the only tears are the forced schmaltz at the end, but over all was fun, light, and easy to watch. It is also available at walmart as we were told 10000 times while watching this movie.

If you love cats, Christmas, and cheesy romcoms - this is a great choice.

CRY TIME - I had a sniffle about 56 minutes in when they talked about their parents and a single romantic tear at the very end. 

I give this movie 5 Christmas Cats