Christmas on Windmill Way

Published December 15, 2024

Film info

Title Christmas on Windmill Way
Director Don McBrearty
Year 2023
Run time 1hr 24m
Genres Romance, Comedy
Tagline The heart and soul of Windmill Way

Mia Meijer gets ready for the Christmas Market Dutch Bake-Off and suspects that her grandmother, Ann, will walk away with the cherished Golden Rolling Pin thanks to her Kerststol, a traditional Dutch fruited Christmas bread. But Mia’s world is rocked when she learns that Ann was having financial troubles and had to sell the land deed to the Windmill Way property in her family for generations. Making matters worse, the buyer is Mia’s former boyfriend, property developer Brady Schaltz, who must let Mia and Ann know the Meijer family-owned heritage Dutch sawmill, renowned for the past 90 years for its fine millwork and beautiful wooden furniture, will be torn down to put up a luxurious resort.

Live blog

Time	Comment
1:18	“Can I try a bite?” she said, with her mitts all over it already.
3:39	Has anyone told this woman she can’t actually act?
7:31	Communication by clog is a new one. Phones might be easier.
11:06	“My style has evolved since high school.” Yea, not many suits at school.
16:29	Well I think we all know what’s going to happen here, right?
22:10	Surely the mill is part of the attraction so that they need the extra accommodation.
27:10	Oh, turns out the clog is not a reliable means of communication. Who would have guessed?
37:23	“I’m not afraid of your inspector. And I welcome the accountability.”
50:12	She thinks public opinion being on their side actually means something.
54:09	THAT was the highest turn out the market has seen? Oof.
58:27	Every photo he takes of her is exactly the same.
1:06:48	Donuts as a bribe.
1:20:51	This makes no sense. They just changed their mind based on nothing.

Thoughts

Wow this was a shockingly bad film. The story makes no sense, the acting was terrible and the scenery was so fake. That’s all there is to say!

Rating: 1 / 5