A friend described this movie as "A chick flick for older women"...maybe a "Mama drama"? The movie was nice to watch, but there were a few things I disliked. The movie was unpredictable because it was based on a slightly "dysfunctional" family, but it was still very predictable in the romance parts. There were lots of awkward moments in the story, but they were acted out in a way that was too awkward and so then it was very unbelievable. Also, the ending just sorta blah blah blahed to the credits. I felt like there was supposed to be a really heartfelt moment at the end - a really special Christmasy moving on feeling. There was an attempt, but it was with the wrong characters and had the wrong feel and then the movie ended.
Even with all that, it was a nice movie. I would recommend watching it in late November on a cold weekday night. Not on the weekend because its not that good and not in December because its not the best Christmas movie you could be watching.