A Very Merry Mix-Up is a 2013 American/Canadian romance television film directed by Jonathan Wright and starring Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, and Scott Gibson.[1] The film premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 10, 2013.
A beautiful antique store owner, Alice Chapman (Alicia Witt), travels to her fiancé's hometown alone to meet her future in-laws for the first time at their Christmas gathering. Her fiancé, successful realtor Will Mitchum (Scott Gibson), tells her he will join them after closing an important business deal. Upon her arrival at the airport, she discovers that her luggage is lost. While completing the necessary paperwork, she meets Matt Mitchum (Mark Wiebe), who is also filling out a missing baggage report. She is surprised to learn that Matt is the brother of her fiancé "Billy". On their way to the family home, they get into a car accident and both end up in the hospital, where Alice learns that Matt broke off his engagement to a woman who refused to "walk through the rain" for him.
Will's mother and father arrive at the hospital and are surprised to learn that their son "Billy" is engaged, yet they quickly make Alice feel like a loved new member of the family. Meanwhile, Will is told that Alice's store needs to be sold to his wealthy client in order to close an important deal. Will assures the client that he can get her to sell. Back at the house, Alice and Matt share their Christmas memories with each other and bake Christmas cookies. She learns that Matt shares her romantic interest in antiques, old family photos, and Charlie Brown Christmas trees, and soon they become attracted to each other. As Alice talks about Will, the family seems surprised at some of the details she shares about their "Billy".
When "Billy" Mitchum finally arrives, Alice is shocked to see that "Billy" is not her fiancée, Will, and realizes that she's been sharing Christmas with the wrong Mitchum family. Alice calls Will and soon Will shows up to pick her up to take her back to his family's Christmas gathering. Matt's family is saddened to see her go. Before leaving, Alice gives Matt, the man who "makes her laugh", a kiss goodbye. When she meets Will's family, she is left disillusioned by the air kisses of her future mother-in-law and Will's all-business father, a world away from Matt's family. That night, Matt comes to Will's family house and takes Alice to a nearby park where he shows her the benches he built bearing quotes from Shakespeare.
On Christmas Eve, Alice calls Matt's family to wish them a Merry Christmas, but Matt feels he is unable to talk with her. With the "new Mitchums", Alice tries to play the game taught to her by the "other Mitchums"— where everyone writes something nice about someone else and each tries to guess who said what, but Will's family is not nearly as interesting or loving as Matt's family. During the game, Will announces that he has "closed" a huge deal involving the sale of Alice's store for $3.5 million. Alice is revolted by Will's insensitivity, and tells him that she cannot marry him. Will realizes that something has changed in their relationship and accepts her decision.
Alice rushes to the park where she sees and embraces Matt, confessing that she is the "girl who loves family and romance" and that she is the girl who loves him. They kiss and walk off into the snowy Christmas night together.[2]
In her review for the Movie Fan Central website, Mrs. Data gave the film 6.5 out of 10 stars, calling it a "cute and sweet TV movie".[3] Data wrote that Witt was "really adorable and real as the female lead" and that she had good chemistry with Wiebe.[3] Data also noted that while Weibe's on-screen family felt like a "genuine group", most of the other characters come across "very perfect", that they "only exist in movies".[3]
In his review for the Movie Buff website, Matt Christopher gave the film a grade of C, calling it "predictable" with "cliche" characters.[4]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message A Very Merry Mix Up is a 2013 American Canadian romance television film directed by Jonathan Wright and starring Alicia Witt Mark Wiebe and Scott Gibson 1 The film premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 10 2013 A Very Merry Mix UpPromotional photoGenreRomanceWritten byBarbara KymlickaDirected byJonathan WrightStarringAlicia Witt Mark Wiebe Scott GibsonTheme music composerStacey HershCountry of originUnited StatesCanadaOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes1ProductionExecutive producersLewis CheslerDavid DanielsDavid PerlmutterDominique TelsonRobert VaughnProducerMarek PosivalCinematographyRuss GoozeeEditorMarvin LawrenceRunning time87 min Production companyChesler Perlmutter ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkHallmark ChannelReleaseNovember 10 2013 2013 11 10 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Critical response 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot editA beautiful antique store owner Alice Chapman Alicia Witt travels to her fiance s hometown alone to meet her future in laws for the first time at their Christmas gathering Her fiance successful realtor Will Mitchum Scott Gibson tells her he will join them after closing an important business deal Upon her arrival at the airport she discovers that her luggage is lost While completing the necessary paperwork she meets Matt Mitchum Mark Wiebe who is also filling out a missing baggage report She is surprised to learn that Matt is the brother of her fiance Billy On their way to the family home they get into a car accident and both end up in the hospital where Alice learns that Matt broke off his engagement to a woman who refused to walk through the rain for him Will s mother and father arrive at the hospital and are surprised to learn that their son Billy is engaged yet they quickly make Alice feel like a loved new member of the family Meanwhile Will is told that Alice s store needs to be sold to his wealthy client in order to close an important deal Will assures the client that he can get her to sell Back at the house Alice and Matt share their Christmas memories with each other and bake Christmas cookies She learns that Matt shares her romantic interest in antiques old family photos and Charlie Brown Christmas trees and soon they become attracted to each other As Alice talks about Will the family seems surprised at some of the details she shares about their Billy When Billy Mitchum finally arrives Alice is shocked to see that Billy is not her fiancee Will and realizes that she s been sharing Christmas with the wrong Mitchum family Alice calls Will and soon Will shows up to pick her up to take her back to his family s Christmas gathering Matt s family is saddened to see her go Before leaving Alice gives Matt the man who makes her laugh a kiss goodbye When she meets Will s family she is left disillusioned by the air kisses of her future mother in law and Will s all business father a world away from Matt s family That night Matt comes to Will s family house and takes Alice to a nearby park where he shows her the benches he built bearing quotes from Shakespeare On Christmas Eve Alice calls Matt s family to wish them a Merry Christmas but Matt feels he is unable to talk with her With the new Mitchums Alice tries to play the game taught to her by the other Mitchums where everyone writes something nice about someone else and each tries to guess who said what but Will s family is not nearly as interesting or loving as Matt s family During the game Will announces that he has closed a huge deal involving the sale of Alice s store for 3 5 million Alice is revolted by Will s insensitivity and tells him that she cannot marry him Will realizes that something has changed in their relationship and accepts her decision Alice rushes to the park where she sees and embraces Matt confessing that she is the girl who loves family and romance and that she is the girl who loves him They kiss and walk off into the snowy Christmas night together 2 Cast editAlicia Witt as Alice Chapman Mark Wiebe as Matt Mitchum Scott Gibson as Will Mitchum Mimi Kuzyk as Judith Judah Katz as Roy Lawrence Dane as Grandpa Charles Richard Fitzpatrick as Joe Mitchum Susan Hogan as Penny Mitchum Howard Hoover as Grant Lockley Alison Jutzi as Airport Employee Justin Mader as Billy Mitchum Russell Yuen as Dr StarkCritical response editIn her review for the Movie Fan Central website Mrs Data gave the film 6 5 out of 10 stars calling it a cute and sweet TV movie 3 Data wrote that Witt was really adorable and real as the female lead and that she had good chemistry with Wiebe 3 Data also noted that while Weibe s on screen family felt like a genuine group most of the other characters come across very perfect that they only exist in movies 3 In his review for the Movie Buff website Matt Christopher gave the film a grade of C calling it predictable with cliche characters 4 See also editList of Christmas filmsReferences edit A Very Merry Mix up The New York Times Retrieved December 7 2013 http nicegirlstv com 2013 11 10 a very merry mix up alicia witt meets the wrong in laws a b c Data Mrs Review A Very Merry Mix Up Movie Fan Central Archived from the original on December 11 2014 Retrieved December 10 2014 Christopher Matt December 14 2013 A Very Merry Mix Up The Movie Buff Retrieved December 10 2014 External links editA Very Merry Mix Up at IMDb A Very Merry Mix Up at AllMovie A Very Merry Mix Up at the TCM Movie Database Official website movie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Very Merry Mix Up amp oldid 1182836605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
