
The Hallmark Channel is already a month into its annual Countdown to Christmas lineup and they’ve predictably been churning out some of the best Christmas movies every weekend. I am behind schedule on watching everything that's debuted so far, but thankfully my old reliable DVR hasn’t failed me yet! This week I sat down and watched Never Been Chris'd, and I’m happy to report that it checks most of the boxes as far as cheesy but heartwarming holiday movies are concerned, though not all of them.
Janel Parrish, of Pretty Little Liars fame, co-stars opposite Pascal Lamothe-Kipness, who is making her Hallmark debut, in Never Been Chris’d as two best friends returning to their hometown for the holiday season. Now successful owners of a dating app, Naomi and Liz are now welcomed by their formerly popular classmates who'd previously ignored them throughout high school. In addition to suddenly being cool, the duo reconnect with their mutual high school crush, Chris Silver (Tyler Hynes).