This is a new one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Christmas movie about bowling. I’m always happy when there’s a new theme. So let’s check out Winter Wonderlanes.
Audrey (Ashley Newbrough) has come home for Thanksgiving, only to find other that her late grandfather’s beloved bowling alley, Wonderlanes, is about to be sold. Instead of heading off to her next pop-up restaurant, she decides to stay home for awhile to help the family with the sale…and to bring back the alley’s big holiday event, the Winter Wonderlanes youth tournament. Her high school boyfriend, Jason (Franco Lo Presti), is a reporter at the local newstation so he is tasked with helping advertise the event. Will Ashley rekindle her love for bowling and Jason?
This was a cute movie. It was nothing particularly special. There were some slow parts with stupid montages but I think the parts with the actual bowling made up for it a bit. I would have liked to see more bowling…but it’s Hallmark, what can you do? The romance almost always takes the front seat. At least it wasn’t a complete gutter ball.
Rating: A pin short of a turkey