Forever Christmas is another one of those weird problematic movies. While Lifetime calls it Forever Christmas and has it listed as one of it’s 2020 Christmas movies, it was originally titled Mr 365 and it was filmed in 2018. Judging by the quality of the movie, this was definitely filmed in 2018. Considering there are problematic elements in it, I can see why they sat on it for so long.
Sophia (Chelsea Hobbs) is a reality TV producer looking for a subject for an extreme Christmas episode. Will (Christopher Russell) has the inside of his house decorated for Christmas every day of the year. (Due to an injunction from his crabby neighbor, Fred (Ken Camroux-Taylor), he can’t decorate the outside until after November 1.) When Sophia and Will begin dating, it throws a wrench into the production of the show.
This isn’t one of those ‘will-they-won’t-they’ movies. Sophia and Will start getting it on early in the movie. I know that this movies are rarely realistic but this is the least realistic thing I have ever seen in a Christmas movie. A professional TV producer wouldn’t start heavily making out with the subject of their show after the second meeting. This might be something that happens on long-term shows where the cast and crew spend a lot of time together. Instead, they start groping each other after the first day of shooting.
The only conflict in this movie is how the reality show is portraying Will. Will then blames Sophia for not being able to take total creative control over the project. You would think there would be some sort of “Damn The Man” type thought here but no. I guess the writers needed a reason for the couple to break up so they could have the big reconciliation at the end.
Please don’t watch Forever Christmas. It is overall bad. The only redeeming quality is Romeo the dog. And they don’t even show him all that much!