Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Purely Joyful Movie!

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

If you are a Hallmark Christmas movie fan you will recognize both Andrew Walker and Meghan Ory from previous films.Cute but dorky premise. Unbeknownst to her a woman is on the no fly list and ends up in a car with an FBI agent who is surreptitiously trying to ascertain if she is a security threat. On the car trip they being to fall for one another. Can their budding romance survive when the truth is revealed?Cute.

Spoiler.....you would think the director would re-shoot the scene near the end of the movie. In this scene, Ashley was holding a tray of cookies, and a puppy. The puppy licks one of the cookies, a little later Ashley passes the tray of cookies to a passer-by. Bigger issues, I'm taking a guess that the movie starts off from San Fran. and the journey ends in Seattle. Well, I'm from Vancouver, BC; I live about 2.5 hours north of Seattle, and I've done this drive many times. It doesn't take DAYS to drive from San Fran to Seattle....any average person can do this drive within 2 days. Like all Hallmark movies, a lot of things don't make sense, just watch it for the "warm and fuzzy" entertainment.

I'm trying to be generous to overcome a pet peeve. Any story about abuse of authority and gestapo tactics by government agencies sets my hackles up hard. It didn't help that the agents were so stereotypical and stupid. I think this was supposed to be a comical element. But I stuck it out to watch the love story develop between Meghan Ory's and Andrew Walker's characters.Walker, as usual, is a sure bet and Ory gels with him nicely. At first they spar with one another. Ashley was a bit whiny and self-absorbed in the beginning but inevitably Ashley's true character comes through and her charm works it's magic.***SPOILER*** I didn't read the book, but might now. The movie's story was obviously predictable, but most romance stories are, at least in the happily ever after. Even though I knew it was coming, Dash showing up with the hay ride clinched it.

I have seen Meghan Ory and Andrew W Walker in other movies but their on-screen chemistry in Dashing Through the Snow is exceptional. Here is Ash, with her intensely caring nature and buoyant warmhearted personality and strong, laconic, sensitive Dash, haunted by his war-zone past and aftermath. They are a perfect on-screen match and superb with the puppy. They only needed formally to tie the knot in the end to rate 10 with me. DV I think they should team up again. Starcraft would be a good name for the shop.