
Five More Minutes (2021 Hallmark)
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Cast: Nikki Deloach, David Haydn-Jones
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Synopsis (via Hallmark)
Inspired by Scotty McCreery’s song, “Five More Minutes,” a woman’s Christmas wish is answered in unexpected ways when her late grandfather’s journal turns up and reveals an untold romance.
Recap/Wine Thoughts
Little Clara spends time with her grandfather, talking about the benefits of candy canes. They also see a shooting star and make a wish. She wishes to spend every Christmas with her Grandpa.
Flash to grown-up Clara in Chicago; she is an elementary school teacher and a former teacher of the year! A handsome co-worker named Blake asks her out to dinner to propose. The only problem is that Clara is not feeling it, and she is also getting laid off because the school is doing away with the arts program.
It is her first Christmas without her Grandpa, and Clara’s mother is stressed out running “the shop” (Candy Shop) in North Carolina. (Where it is apparently VERY snowy.)
Clara drives her Grandpa’s car into town and runs into Logan, who is sympathetic to her loss. Logan is back from active duty and returning to civilian life while on reserve.
Claira makes a wish for five more minutes with good old Gramps, and I’m worried that he is going to bring the Monkey’s Paw back to life.
The next day a young man named, Jay shows up to help with the shop. He was apparently interviewed by her Grandpa before he died. He is very efficient and finds an old journal that belonged to Claria’s Grandpa. She read the journal with Logan, and they learned about a mysterious woman named Martha.
Logan and Claira continue reading the journal and share more about their pasts; she tells him about Blake and her ambivalent feelings toward him. Blake finds her a new job and wants to move them to a new town together. She talks through her feelings with her BFF, who encourages her to pursue Logan instead.
Claira is surprised that her mother is dating a man named Edward. They seem to be hitting it off too.
After a night of journal reading with Logan, Claira calls Blake, intending to break it off. He doesn’t answer, so she leaves him a vague message, and Blake shows up in person for her to break up with him…
Claira finds an unsent letter from her Grandpa to Martha and vows to find the woman so she knows how much he loved her. Logan shares that he wrote a letter to Claira that he didn’t send. She asks him to spend Christmas with her and forget about Blake, but Logan is called back to active duty.
Martha shows up and says that she and Grandpa had already reconnected before he died. They wouldn’t have found love without experiencing it together. Martha leaves some photos of her with Grandpa.
Jay is still around, and he works at the Candy Shop. He shares a candy cane with Claira, and they talk about love. He leaves because it is Christmas Eve, and his work is done.
A toy train knocks Claira’s purse off the ledge, spilling the photos. Jay was her Grandpa as a young man. A country song plays while we see footage of Grandpa with Martha when they were younger. Oh boy. I hate this. Claira stands in front of the store, crying and screaming for her Grandpa.
Claira tells Logan that she loves him, and they plan to stay in North Carolina together.
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Overall rating: Put a Cork in It
Christmas Feels
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Enjoyment Level: 🍷 (1 glass of wine.)
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