It's a lovely concept, a decent film and, most importantly, this movie is more than romance filmed at Christmas. This truly has heart, is thought provoking and reminds us that Christmas is also about community.
Unfortunately, all of that is hampered by the distraction that is Alfred Enoch's accent.
Is it brummie?
Is it East London?
Is it middle class posh?
Is it Northern, with a Lancs twang?
At parts of the film, it is ALL of the above.
What is most bizarre is that no one else's accent follows suit. Everyone else is firmly South East England.
Why the actor, the director, the screenplay writers - whomever - thought this strange accent was a good idea, I'll never know.
If it is his normal accent, then they should have asked him to do another, as he so ably did in How To Get Away With Murder.
By the end of the film each time he spoke either made us laugh or cringe - it was that bad.
Other than that, it's a lovely Christmas film.
Unfortunately, all of that is hampered by the distraction that is Alfred Enoch's accent.
Is it brummie?
Is it East London?
Is it middle class posh?
Is it Northern, with a Lancs twang?
At parts of the film, it is ALL of the above.
What is most bizarre is that no one else's accent follows suit. Everyone else is firmly South East England.
Why the actor, the director, the screenplay writers - whomever - thought this strange accent was a good idea, I'll never know.
If it is his normal accent, then they should have asked him to do another, as he so ably did in How To Get Away With Murder.
By the end of the film each time he spoke either made us laugh or cringe - it was that bad.
Other than that, it's a lovely Christmas film.