Snowglobe

A Cuban/African/Italian/American family settles down to a Christmas dinner. That’s what drew me into this holiday movie. It was different, especially since I don’t know any Cuban/African/Italian/American families who have Christmas dinner. But what made me stick around for the next couple hours (plodding through commercials) is the element of fantasy. Magic!

If you haven’t guessed already, the movie’s title of Snowglobe refers to a magical snowglobe. A young lady, twenty-something, gets the globe as an early Christmas present. Soon she is transported to a quaint Christmassy village inside the snowglobe. People live there, friendly yet gullible. All they know comes from their fake, little village. Snow and shovels, ice skating, generic Christmas presents, and a holiday goose for dinner. That’s it. But suppose one of these snowglobians cross over into our world?

One guy makes the crossover. For this part of the movie, I kept envisioning Will Ferrell in that Elf movie. Similar humor.

Overall, Snowglobe reminds me of a high-quality cardboard puppet show. The characters are kind of thin. What does the main lady with the snowglobe want for Christmas? A boyfriend! But on the bright side, the acting and production values are smooth. Very smooth. Sort of like cardboard cutouts with lots of glossy stickers.

I give Snowglobe two thumbs enthusiastically halfway up!! Oh, wait, I don’t give ratings like that. Enjoy this enjoyable movie.