A fairly drab affair in which a spirit is sent to help a woman in crisis find her purpose and inadvertently falls on a plan to sign a church built and managed by her father over to a crooked 'pastor' with nefarious intentions.

Its basically trying to be a kind of 'Its a wonderful life' feature. But its a bit lifeless and VERY overlong. The cast arnt particularly engaging, the direction and cine is washed out, drab and lifeless. Compositions are overly basic. The plot feels like its been done a hundred times before and doesnt really do much interesting beyond the core premise.

The musics a mix of library tracks and pseudo Christian pieces. All of which sound a bit twee and leave a lot to be desired.

I dunno, this one just didnt really do it fot me, even as a background movie it was a bit flat. Not one id be in a rush to revisit.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/the-christmas-spirit-2022-1/