Movie Review: Christmas at Pemberley Manor

As Christmas approaches, Elizabeth Bennett, a New York event planner, is sent to a quaint, small town to organize their holiday festival. When she arrives, she finds William Darcy, a high-profile billionaire lacking in holiday spirit, in the process of selling the charming estate she hoped to use as a venue. Determined to make her event a success, Elizabeth persuades the reluctant Darcy to let her hold the festival on the historical estate once known for its holiday cheer. When they wind up working together to arrange the festivities, the unlikely pair begins falling for each other. But when complications arise and the festival is unexpectedly shut down, the couple parts ways and Darcy moves forward with his plans to sell the estate. On the night before Christmas, a wistful Elizabeth hopes for a Christmas miracle to revive the festival, save the estate and rekindle her holiday romance.





I have a confession. When it comes to Jane Austen, I'm team Twain. Never liked her writing style. That being said, I think the interpretations of Austen's works have been creative and give her way more credit than she deserves. Here were my thoughts on Christmas at Pemberley Manor.

When it comes to Elizabeth, it was love at first binder. I can appreciate a well organized woman who can make her event planning company succeed, without any prior knowledge of an event, with a single binder.

Elizabeth goes into a small town to meet her spineless and flaky friend the Mayor and his assistant, Jane. Let's be real, Jane is the one actually running the show here.

Later on, Elizabeth, Mayor, and Jane meet Mr. Darcy and his assistant, Travis. Travis may not be at Binder or Town Running level when it comes to being an assistant, but he does his best and follows through.

Now, my favorite pairings for this movie are obviously Travis and Jane, because they are adorable together. But also Jane and Elizabeth. Pairing relentless positivity with plain old relentlessness is a sure recipe for taking over the world.

The last thing I have to say is there was only one cliche that bothered me: the guy who looks like Santa is Santa. Is it too much to ask for our two plucky assistants to be the North Pole agents?

Overall, this movie did pretty well! 4.5 candy canes!