#no sleep til christmas

[galpalkirk]

today’s bad christmas movie: No Sleep ’Til Christmas

two strangers who are having trouble sleeping will somehow realize that they’re only able to sleep while next to each other. wonder how they’ll figure that out since the lead woman is engaged

[thewomanwhowatchedchristmas]

No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018) 

I'm not sure what channel this originally aired on, but it's pretty good as far as TV movies go. Almost no cringe worthy moments, nothing overly dramatic or romantic, also nothing terribly stupid. Which begs the question (at least for me) why Christmas movies so seldom make it to theaters. Anyway...

Lizzie Hinnel (Odette Annable) is an event planner in Chicago who is planning a big, luxurious New Year's wedding to her fiancé Josh Wright (Charles Michael Davis) with his mother Mrs. Wright (Sheryl Lee Ralph). Mrs. Wright is pretty intense, so Lizzie attributes her inability to sleep to the pressure of planning the perfect wedding for her future mother-in-law. When my future mother-in-law put too much pressure on our wedding, my husband and I decided to elope, but I know everyone makes their own choices.

In another part of Chicago, bartender Billy Wilson (Dave Annable) is also having trouble sleeping, though he doesn't immediately attribute it to anything specific (that's a surprise tool that will help us later). His girlfriend Nicola (Brittany Bristow) breaks up with him because obviously he doesn't really love her if he can't even sleep next to her. Like, not the best reason to dump someone, but also not the worst.

Lizzie goes out driving at 3 a.m. with her sunglasses on. Billy is out jogging. Lizzie hits him with her car, or Billy runs into her car. Depends who you ask. Anyway, so Lizzie takes Billy to the hospital even though Billy insists that he's fine. They argue parked in the hospital parking lot, and then wake up to paramedics insisting they were unconscious. They part ways, but Lizzie gives Billy her contact info for insurance reasons.

It doesn't take long for Kristina (Stacey McGunnigle), Lizzie's best friend and business partner, to notice how much better Lizzie is functioning after getting some sleep. Andy (Alphonso McAuley), Billy's best friend, and Vivian (Tina Jung), Billy's coworker who is also a law student, also notice a change in Billy after a good night's sleep. When nothing else works, Lizzie proposes to Billy that they start sleeping together (just sleep) until Lizzie's wedding. Billy is unsure, so Lizzie offers to pay for Billy to open his own bar (his dream for years) in exchange for a sleeping companionship.

It works pretty well, until it doesn't. Some people know, but not everybody. Then, as they always do, things got more complicated. Especially between two main characters with daddy issues and insomnia. My only real disappointment in this film was that Kristina and Vivian did not flirt at all. Like, fine, they don't have to get together and live happily ever after, but like some banter would have been nice! Also a really cute thing about this movie that I didn't know until looking up the actors is that our main characters are married in real life.

In conclusion, this was overall pretty good in my opinion. I think the karaoke scene is my favorite part. Much to my husband's annoyance, I'm going to give this 4 stars.

[elen-aranel]

Watched No Sleep Til Christmas on Disney Plus yesterday. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. There were some laugh out loud moments and it was a refreshing change from Girl Goes to Hometown blah blah blah… though I would say it’s a film that takes place during the holiday season, not a Christmas Film.

[heartorbit]

stay warm! 🌟🍬🤖🎈

[canlifechillforasecond]

[wardingshout]

Family for day 6 of SpeSilverWeek! Edition uuh found biological and crime I guess...

[gifs-of-puppets]

"There's magic in the air this evening, magic in the air. The world is at her best, you know, when people love and care..."

Have a Merry Christmas Eve!

[pwposting]

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

[helloliriels]

Reading an article on sleep, and I have questions:

'People should try to determine the time when they naturally go to sleep each night and the time when they naturally wake up each morning without an alarm clock' ... to 'maintain their circadian rhythm' ... - Dr. Aruna Rao says

So .... ummm ...

Never?

And ... uhhhh 🧐

Never.

[kazoosandfannypacks]

Y'all every get hit by so much Christmas Spirit you almost start crying?

[galpalkirk]

SHE FELL ASLEEP DURING HER WEDDING VOWS????

[surlyqueen]

It's that time.

[werepires]

Before this year is over does anyone want to admit they have a crush on me

[ghastbutlikegay]

leaving out um. fuck what is it hermits like? murder and homoerotic obsessions? leaving out murder and homoerotic obsessions for the hermits on new seasons eve

[xmassongtournament]

Bonus Track: Dancin' in the Dark by Kermit the Frog