Some Hallmark holiday movies are fantastic, funny, and delightful, while others seem so mired in clichés, it’s as if they written by AI. The new Hallmark Mystery film All I Need For Christmas is so densely packed with themes we’ve seen before that it falls into the latter category. While the film is not terrible by any stretch, it definitely makes the case that, with 43 titles on Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas list, maybe next year they could pare it down in favor of quality over quantity.
Opening Shot: A woman names Maggie Mackenzie (Mallory Jansen) strums her guitar onstage at a bar singing “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” an inspired choice for a folksy acoustic guitar player such as herself.
The Gist:Jolly as her caroling may seem, things aren’t going great for Maggie. After her performance, her manager Lewis dumps all kinds of bad news on her. She’s been kicked off an upcoming tour where she was supposed to be …