Original, fun and very Christmassy! “Maps and Mistletoe” is a holiday telefilm that is recommended!
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TITLE: Maps and Mistletoe
FILM YEAR: 2014
DURATION: 87 Minutes
COMPANY: Lifetime Television
Directed by Max McGuire
Written by W. Stewart
Produced by Michael Tien
Executive Producer: Andrew C. Erin, Timothy O. Johnson, Dawn Wolfrom
Edited by Gloria Tong
Casting by Ron Leach
Production Design by Gregory Wilson
Costume Design by Sara A. Carroll
Starring:
Humberly Gonzalez as Emilia Martin
Ronnie Rowe as Drew Campbell
Michael Gordin Shore as Horace Latimer
Justine Christensen as Megan
Maggie Cassella as Officer Becker
Timothy Mooney as Sam Perkins
Allison Busner as Connie
Emilia Martin, a cartographer of school maps, has plans for a cozy Christmas at home until her boss has a last-minute project for her, designing a novelty treasure map of the North Pole.
We have reached day 30 in my holiday film marathon and this time, I’m checking out “Maps and Mistletoe”.
The film is directed by Max McGuire (“Foreverland”, “Bury the Past”) and is written by W. Stewart (“Warming Up to You”, “Well Suited for Christmas”, “Royally Wrapped for Christmas”).
And the film stars Humberly Gonzalez (“Ginny & Georgia”, “Utopia Falls”, “In the Dark”), Ronnie Rowe (“STar Trek: Discovery”, “The Man from Toronto”), Michael Gordon Shore (“Suits”, “Designated Survivor”), Justine Christensen and more.
And one thing that I want to see from holiday telefilms once in awhile is that a film is shot in an area where it is snowing and the characters interact with the snowy surroundings.
You get that in a few holiday telefilms, considering that a lot of these holiday telefilms are shot in the late summer and early fall and some have to act like it’s winter, when it’s very hot.
In the case of “Maps and Mistletoe”, I enjoyed the fact that we have a film that was shot in area with snow and cold weather. So, for me that’s a plus!
Second, you have a storyline that is unique (I think this is the first time I watched a holiday film featuring a cartographer) and different and third, you have a Latina and an African American man as the main protagonists, and the film is well diverse.
And fourth, what I enjoyed about this film is that the two main talents, Humberly Gonzalez and Ronnie Rowe have chemistry that works great!
“Maps and Mistletoe” is a film that revolves around a cartographer (a map maker) named Ellie Martin (portrayed by Gonzalez), who is creating a map as a gift for her nephew. When her boss sees it, he comes up with an idea of using that similar map idea to make an interactive “North Pole” map.
Meanwhile, the peppermint latte loving cartographer sees the town going crazy as they have an online celebrity, adventurer/traveler Drew Campbell (portrayed by Rowe) who has come to the small town to cover Christmas in a small town.
The initial meeting for the two doesn’t go so well, as Ellie is a proud cartographer and feels that maps are very important for people who travel and provides information, while Drew feels that going to these countries without a map and discovering a new location is exciting (and not knowing that Ellie is a cartographer).
Needless to say, when Ellie returns to work, she finds out that her boss has asked Drew to work on a special project, Ellie’s holiday map project, since he has expertise of traveling the world, working together, they can finish this North Pole map for children before deadline.
And while these two got off on the wrong food, as they spend more time together, they discover that their is an attraction.
As mentioned, there were a lot of positives about this telefilm. But I absolutely enjoyed it!
Original, fun and very Christmassy! “Maps and Mistletoe” is a holiday telefilm that is recommended!
