Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (2005)

Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (2005)

  • 2005
  • ·TV-PG
  • ·120 min
1/5
(1 votes)

The holiday season is turned upside down for a neophyte food critic JJ (Pope) when her uninhibited mother (Baranski) shows up unannounced.

In an attempt to occupy her mom's time, JJ works out a deal with a young chef (Cannavale) that stirs up some matters of the heart.

Actors
Bobby Cannavale·Carly Pope·Christine Baranski·Monica Parker
Directed by
Sheldon Larry
Genre
Comedy
Language
English
Country
Canada
6.5IMDb

Director
Sheldon Larry

Christine BaranskiLee Bellmont
Carly PopeJ.J. Jenner
Bobby CannavaleAlex Stermadapolous
Monica ParkerIrma Van Wyck
Kristen HagerMorgan
Peter CockettElliot
Garwin SanfordClay McNeil
Clive WaltonMalcolm Bristol
Fulvio CecereJohnny Iannides
Louise PitreCoco
Dean ArmstrongReynard
Jonas ChernickPeter
Lubomir MykytiukDmitri
Lina GiornofeliceSophia Iannides
Michael RubenfeldMiles
Diego KlattenhoffZach
Jacqueline PillonSondra Sumner
Brad Austin
Jean Pearson
Jason Gautreau
Ken PakYoshi
Shant SrabianHost
Rosalba MartinniMrs. Gonzalez
Henry Alessandroni
Nancy E.L. WardBallet School Owner
Frank S. AlonziCoffee Shop Owner
Michael Millar
Melissa Papay
Tea CheneyStarlet
Kordo DoskiRashid
Susan Nanus
Amin Bhatia
Sandy KellermanVarious
Vanessa ThompsonBallet Girl
Uma Venkataramaiah
Albert J. Dunk
Michael Prupas
Joel S. Rice
Sheldon Larry
Steve Solomos
Margaret Tanod
Resa McConaghy
Ralph Brunjes
Kimberley Bradley
Cheryl Brauer
Karen Colaco
Lisa Gyorfi
Lynn Josephson Delaney
Nancy Melo

Even though this is a story about a romance between a Food Critic and a Chef the alternate title for the movie is a better choice to describe the film (and then it's not the best) for a couple of reasons.Firstly, though the romance is okay and it does add to the heartwarming atmosphere of the film it takes second place to the relationship between Mother (Baranski) and Food Critic daughter (Pope).

While Christine Baranski is an entertaining performer, the concept of her character her is basically superficial. If this mother entered a group of people enjoying listening to Jessye Norman, she would automatically conclude they need to 'loosen up' and listen to Rihanna, cuz that is just how "hip" she is.

Carly Pope plays JJ, a newly promoted Food Critic whose flamboyant, overbearing mother moves in with her. JJ, aghast at this turn of events, then blackmails restaurant owner, Alex, to entertain her mother in exchange for "maybe" reviewing his dying restaurant.

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