I really enjoyed this movie. I thought that it was light-hearted and fun, making it perfect for the holidays.
There are Christmas films that will rightfully forever be considered as classics and then at the opposite extreme there are those movies which forever exist under the radar, known only to a handful of fans. Kristin's Christmas Past falls into this category, an absolute gem of a film almost completely unknown outside of its fan base.
The basic idea of this story is the most seductive ingredient of a film who looks for be more than soft-comfortable film about a family in Christmas period. the second good point is Shiri Appleby performance, remembering the frustration of a woman front to her errors from past.
A bit of a different take on A Christmas Carol. Kristin is a slutty, narcissistic, lush.
Estranged from her family and alone on Christmas Eve, thirty-something Kristin (Shiri Appleby) wakes up Christmas morning seventeen years into her past to relive the worst Christmas of her life. Positioning herself as an older mentor to her younger self (Hannah Marks), now Kristin has a chance to change things.
Have spent a fair bit of time watching Christmas movies with the wife, and this is definitely one of the better ones. I agree with the other reviewer, Shiri Appleby takes the lead role, and takes it very well, a performance full of personality, and very believable, well supported in general by the other characters.
Delightful story of a 34 year old woman going back to when she was a girl of 17. The lead actress is very good in this role.
