12 Dates of Christmas
Published December 22, 2023
Film info
- Title 12 Dates of Christmas
- Director James Hayman
- Year 2011
- Run time 1hr 29m
- Genres Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
- Tagline Twelve chances to get it right
On Christmas Eve, Kate goes on a blind date to get over her ex-boyfriend. Her date, the handsome Miles, could be the man of her dreams but she's blind to his charm. The next day, Kate finds herself stuck in a time warp where she is forced to repeat her blind date until she learns to open up her world to new things and stop living in the past.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:11 | Jam is a rubbish Secret Santa gift, unless you’re a jam fanatic. |
| 5:04 | “Addiction to you, plucky optimism to me.” |
| 8:17 | Who replies to an email with a phone call? Not going on that date. |
| 12:35 | I feel like you should pre-warn about handing over dog responsibilities. |
| 20:12 | “Honey doesn’t have a smell.” WHAT? Of course it does. |
| 31:39 | It’s made me crave mozzarella sticks. |
| 34:09 | “Reputations are just history in rumour form, you can change it.” |
| 35:42 | When did she get the dog this time? |
| 40:55 | Parchitect! |
| 52:16 | It scares me that you don’t know which is the last reboot. You have to be good ALL the time. |
| 57:05 | It’s like the Mighty Ducks. |
| 1:06:35 | It must be hard to have known him seven days and for him it is zero days. |
| 1:25:33 | So lovely, but the busiest day ever. |
Thoughts
I wasn’t expect much from this movie, but actually, I ended up really enjoying it. It’s a blatant copy of Groundhog Day but it kind of leans into it with the clock and everything so it’s not annoying. I love messing about with time and the chance to redo things and see what different outcomes there will be, so it was right up my street from that point of view.
There were a few inconsistencies with the dog, and actually I think they hampered themselves a bit putting the dog in there. It wasn’t until halfway through that I clocked the references to the 12 Days of Christmas so have to go back and see if they are all in there from the beginning. Mostly, it was just a fun time-loop festive cheesy movie. Yay!
Rating: 4 / 5
