Romance

Operation Nutcracker

Romance

When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner and the heir to the Warby dynasty try to track it down.

Year

2024

Duration

1h 24m

IMDb

6.5

Trailer

Cast

DW

David Weaver

Director

Ashley Newbrough

Lottie

Christopher Russell

Tristan

Darryl Hinds

Dave

Mia SwamiNathan

Joey

Lara Amersey

Pam

Ann Pirvu

Jules

Kent Sheridan

Jerry

Lily Gao

Vanessa

Jennifer Dale

Erica

Cassie Cao

Rhonda

Patrice Goodman

Hilary

Keda Edwards Pierre

Mary

Viphusan Vani

Willy

Katy Breier

Writer

Erica Deutschman

Writer

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Comments

5 comments

Esibae🇬🇭♍Jul 27, 2024

While this Hallmark Christmas story is not overly complicated, it is somewhat original. Fortunately, the two leads look like they could be paired in real life and the scripting allowed for the chemistry to be evident early on, without the usual Hallmark stand-off-ness until the magical last 5 minutes. Therefore, the final kiss was seamless and not just injected into the final minute as so often happens. The usual required conflict was minor and not overdone. I think this was my first cringe-less Hallmark movie.....Christopher Russell was not scripted to act bumbling, stupid or unmanly the entire movie. This is the first time I've watched the female lead....she is very attractive and an engaging actress. She resembled Denise Richards in quite a few scenes. I enjoyed this one from start to finish.

King BobollasJul 24, 2024

TextingStoryJul 24, 2024

It's quite tedious to have to hear this over and over again. And when that mantra isn't repeated, it's the ever-present nutcracker that causes quite the stir, but not necessarily in an interesting way . The beginning of the film is a bit strange, the plot does not flow gracefully and several of the actors lack that little something extra. Good thing that it is only a TV movie and not the big screen. Lottie (Ashley Newbrough) is an asset to the movie. The character she plays is however not that interesting, even if Lottie seem to have a bit of unsorted business in her own personal life. Christopher Russell is as usual enjoyable to watch, but is a bit outshined by Ashley's part, which might be intentional. For some reason I'd love a little more of Rhonda (Cassie Cao). A nice feature in the movie, even if it was for only a few seconds in total. All together, the TV movie is not bad, not superb, but watchable.

Neo Mobor AkpofureJul 24, 2024

source: Operation Nutcracker

Miiss Koffii🥀🧘🏽‍♀️Jul 24, 2024

I found this movie delightful even though it followed similar lines to other movies where the protagonists are trying to find something throughout the story only to have many near misses. The viewer sees these misses but since it's Hallmark, we know the pieces will all fall in place eventually. I don't think it is a spoiler to say that almost too many things fall into place in happy ways. Against the backdrop of the search we also have the very common trope of the two romantic leads thrown together to plan a big Christmas event. There is also the secret that the viewer knows will come out a bit too soon and hurt the protagonists. In many ways, this movie might have been a rehash of all the same old stuff, but it wasn't. Or maybe I should say it was so much more. It is fun to watch the near misses and start to imagine how the writers will bring it all together. I think that most viewers will start to come close to figuring it out even if only slightly before it happens. Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell have chemistry and watching them together is part of the fun. The acting is all good and the dialogue has some good moments. This is one to watch again.