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A Very Merry Toy Store (2017) is a English movie. Paula Hart has directed this movie. Melissa Joan Hart,Mario Lopez,Dan Amboyer,Kurt Cole are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2017. A Very Merry Toy Store (2017) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama,Family,Romance movie in India and around the world.
Widowed Connie Forrester, mother to an adolescent son, TJ, and divorced Will DiNova are both second generation owner/operators of their respective family business. Those businesses just happen to be both toy stores - Forrester Toys and DiNova Toys, respectively - and both located in New Britain, Connecticut, one block away from each other. Connie's father and Will's uncle, from who they inherited their respective business, used to be business partners until they had a falling out which led to the two stores so close in proximity. Both Connie and Will speak nicely about the other's store when customers ask, but quietly seethe about the existence of the other and thus are not really on speaking terms. They are also both struggling financially, with Connie soon having to make a balloon payment on the store's property mortgage, while Will is trying to buy back what was his family's home which his ex-wife got in the divorce settlement, they both hoping a good Christmas season will yield ...
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A Very Merry Toy Store (2017) Reviews
Toys were Us
It is a real shame that a fine actor such as Brian Dennehy is reduced to doing a Hallmark film. I guess an actor has to eat. At least this is one of the better festive ones even though it has a sly dig about corporate Toys R Us type ruining small town America. Melissa Joan Hart plays Connie, a widow and owner of a toy shop in New Britain. For years she has been battling with Will who operates a rival toy shop. Both have been financially struggling. When a big new corporate chainstore opens just in time for the peak Christmas sales period. Both Connie and Will decide to join forces to take on their rival who descends into shady shenanigans to drive them out of business. Of course both Connie and Will find romance once they put their rivalry behind. The film really is a bit silly, with a cartoonish bad guy who openly bribes a local politician. It is amazing how Hallmark gets away with its bizarre 'oh schmucks these big city corporates are bad' version of small town America. After all Hallmark churns out television movies of the week on a conveyor belt and most of them seem to be made in Canada.
Just a Sweet Hallmark Christmas movie
There were no reviews on "A Very Merry Toy Store". I saw the low rating of 5.6 and no review. But with Mario Lopez and Melissa Joan Hart, I thought would at least give it a look. But after the first 10 minutes, I wanted to continue. It looked cute and the actors were ALL so good in their roles. Brian Dennehy! That's always good. So, I just wanted to put out a good word for this Hallmark movie. It's so much better than many others I've watched, but I watched anyway, because I love the Christmastime movies. They warm my heart! And this just does NOt deserve anything lower than 7. Mario can't help being adorable! Just don't let this low score prohibit your watching. Expecially if, like me, you love the Hallmark Christmas movies. Maybe it's only an 8 or 9m but tonight it's a 10!
Really could be better
Despite me being a lover of Hallmark movies, I didn't enjoy much " A Very Merry Toy Store". In the first half an hour I was already bored and unamused. The acting, the actors and characters, the plot, all seemed like from a low-quality soap opera. It wasn't believeable and real enough and the emotions and chemistry were so poor. The supporting characters could be better but they weren't developped enough. It was fine, I guess, it's ot thaat bad, but it was lower than my expectations, even though I wasn't expecting much. Although no, I was expecting a good romance movie since I saw so many comments about Mario Lopez being in it (having no idea who is he, but still). I didn't want the review sound so negative, but I just can't remember much good about it. I mean, yeah, it's sweet, just like any hallmark movie. And Christmas is there only like a busy time of the year for toy-stores. All in all, it is tolerable, but not good enough to tempt me.
Cute, although...
It's a cute holiday film, and enjoyable to watch. But the plot is basisally You've Got Mail, just with toy stores instead of book stores. Enjoyable nonetheless.
Free-Market Capitalism on Trial
In this heartwarming made-for-television film, Connie and Will are each struggling to stay in business with their toy stores in New Britain. The Forrester Toys and DiNova Toys establishments have some baggage due to the respective fathers of Connie and Will, who couldn't get along. But it is clear from the opening scene that Connie, a young widow, and Will, a young divorcee, will meet on the common ground of attempting to save their businesses. The villain in the film is a mean-spirited capitalist, Roy Barnes, who wants to open his own larger store and put his two young competitors out of business. Although Connie and Will hijack a truck to intercept a large shipment of the popular Princess Alicia dolls for Christmas sales, they are, with the exception of that one unfortunate business practice, a decent and honest pair of entrepreneurs, in contrast to the unsavory Roy Barnes. Adam Smith's laissez-faire economics will be put on trial to see who will survive the cutthroat world of free-market capitalism. The film has some subplots that are not perfectly connected to the main story. Joe runs a local restaurant and is interested romantically in Connie's mom, Pam. Francine, a waitress at Joe's diner is in love with Connie's brother Randy. To get his attention, she becomes a compulsive shoplifter. And Will takes time to help Connie's young son in building his sled for the winter race. But the various plot strands converge on the budding romance of Connie and Will. The film is nicely photographed and scored with the goal of evoking a charming Currier and Ives painting. Connie and Will may start out as rivals. But, it becomes clear that their shared love of hard work will bring them together. The delicious pecan (pronounced in the film as PEEK-on) pies of Joe's diner will serve as the icing on the cake for a Christmas romance in New Britain.