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Totally miscast

posted 11 years ago by Jen2152
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Dean Cain is too cute and cuddly to successfully play a jerk. Ditto with Cynthia Gibb! She's far too pretty to be scowly the whole 2 hours! (Okay, 90 minutes, whatever it was). She's even a better victim than she is a cold-hearted BAD mother and horribly rude boss. Emmanuelle's hair was atrocious throughout. Matted, dry... what was up with that?! Her hair does not work well with that oddly-trendy straight blah look. And a nanny rolling around in the grass would put it up, which would have been a much nicer look anyway on her to let her gorgeous eyes shine.

On the upside, I enjoyed the kids. They weren't the typical, over-the-top whiny/screaming/irritating kids usually seen in Christmas TV movies.

Kudos to the writers -- I loved the concept that in today's economy, a once-snobbish ad exec would have to be a nanny to pay the bills, but nannies wouldn't make a comparable salary, especially without a thorough check of references. Also, we should have seen her falter a bit in the beginning learning how to nanny, because as a nanny, she was too suddenly too good. I thought the Shakespearean action was great however. Innovative. But not on stairs with large umbrellas, please! That was a tragedy in itself waiting to happen.

Bottom line IMO, better than most Lifetime/Hallmark Christmas movies, but I'll hope to see Dean & Cynthia in the roles we (okay, I) love to see them in. :)

[–] Ash-lee 11 years ago

I agree, casting was all messed up. Dean Cain would've been a better fit for the ad agency/boyfriend role.

And what was up with her hair? I spent the entire movie wanting to take a straightener and some scissors to it! It looked dirty and disgusting - and especially matted at the last party scene. I've only seen the actress in one other role (One Tree Hill) and her appearances on the show had her hair gorgeous and sleek and shiny. This was just a mess.