'Twas the Text Before Christmas
Published December 11, 2024
Film info
- Title 'Twas the Text Before Christmas
- Director T. W. Peacocke
- Year 2023
- Run time 1hr 25m
- Genres Romance, Comedy
- Tagline Sorry dear, wrong number
Addie is a New York City chiropractor mistakenly receives a text from “Nana.” The accidental text turns into a loving friendship between the matronly Nana and Addie who now communicate regularly. Nana invites Addie to spend the holiday in Vermont. It is picture-postcard perfect and exactly as Nana described except for one surprise. Nana’s single son, James, a traveling doctor is also home for the holidays. Over three consecutive years, James and Addie are together during the holidays, though it isn’t until they are both single that they begin to see each other in a different light.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:38 | Good, okay. A text from a number I don’t know, delete, move on. |
| 3:08 | …but it would be summer in Australia? |
| 5:23 | She just sends a picture of herself to a complete stranger? This woman is weird. |
| 13:34 | “Change is finding a new job in a new city, or cutting bangs. This is lunacy.” At least someone knows it. |
| 17:30 | “Addie?” she says opening the door as if she doesn’t know, even though they’ve Facetimed. |
| 25:41 | Is calling someone a stranger an insult when you actually don’t know them? |
| 33:44 | This is all such nonsense but I kinda love it. |
| 35:09 | Cute little matchmaking moment. |
| 42:11 | Bit of an overreaction. Say what you will about chiropractice but it’s not sexy. |
| 50:36 | I think it’s fair to be afraid of the idea of flying out to Jamaica to confess your love to someone you’ve met twice. |
| 55:35 | I sense meddling in the air! |
| 58:40 | “He’s a carpenter.” “With a degree from YouTube.” |
| 1:12:00 | Will they get together already! |
| 1:22:13 | “I was on my way to the train station to find you.” Damn, we missed a big train station reunion. |
Thoughts
Honestly, this was such a terrible film but I quite enjoyed it. The premise is astounding and unbelievable, I’m not the most social of sorts but it seems completely bonkers how willing she was to open up to a wrong number. Any other movie that started like this would have ended up in the horror category. I did like the way the story was told over three Christmases though, and it was watchable if complete nonsense.
Rating: 2 / 5
