Ever year, Hallmark does at least one “destination” Christmas movie. We’ve gone to Austria, Finland, Ireland, Scotland, England, and probably many more that I’ve forgotten. This time we’re doing to Denmark with A Danish Christmas.
Marie (Emilie Ullerup), currently living in Chicago, heads home to Copenhagen to spend Christmas with her family. Unbeknownst to the family, Marie’s contract as a hotel tech executive may not be renewed. So Marie throws herself into the family business - the Andersen Inn. Ryan Miller (Corey Sevier), who happens to have the same name as a travel journalist, goes to Copenhagen to take a Christmas tour. Unfortunately, the Christmas tour doesn’t exist anymore and Marie thinks he really is the travel journalist. So Marie takes it upon herself to show Ryan the best Christmas Copenhagen has to offer.
To begin with, I love when these destination movies use actors from the location. All of the Danish characters are played by Danish actors, which means they speak actual Danish in the movie. It may seem like a little detail but it makes the movie so much more authentic. No matter how awful a movie is, it will always get bonus points from me for using native actors.
With that said, A Danish Christmas was cuter than I expected. Sorry, Corey, but a lot of times your movies kinda suck. I don’t know if it was because Ryan took a bit of a backseat to Denmark itself or if it was better direction or what…but Sevier was not nearly as insufferable as he usually is. And Ullerup was lovely as Marie. If I was to pick a destination Christmas movie to recommend to someone, it just might be this one.
Rating: Maybe I should go to Denmark for Christmas