Even Vanessa and Nana and a cute dog can't save this one.

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Christopher Russell

Vanessa Lachey

Jayne Eastwood

Sara Endsley

When Becca&apos;s dog runs away on Christmas Eve, she must team up with her ex-boyfriend Max to find him.

Nimisha Mukerji

Christmas Unleashed

Love at Christmas

Lifetime&apos;s Christmas films are very inconsistent. There are some surprisingly good ones, where regardless of their predictability they manage to succeed in being light-hearted, charming and undemanding fun. But also some failures (though not often as bad as the worst of Hallmark), where the characters are not likeable, everything is forced and shallow with implausibility too in some of the worst cases, the acting and writing being weak and basically with just nothing to them.

&apos;Christmas Unleashed&apos; is neither one of the surprisingly good Lifetime Christmas films or one of the failures in my view, though that is not going to be the feelings of all that like or dislike it more than me. If anything it&apos;s in the middle of the pack category, being watchable with nothing really to be offended by, it&apos;s cute and there are a fair share of good things. While also not having an awful lot that is exceptional, and generally &apos;Christmas Unleashed&apos; needed a stronger story and a different male lead to work a lot better than it did.

There are quite a number of pluses. It&apos;s nicely shot with some nice picturesque scenery. Vanessa Lachey struck me as very likeable and had a lot of charm about her. The other cast standout is an amusing Jayne Eastwood, who brings some welcome levity to the film. The dog is absolutely adorable.

Furthermore, there are moments that do warm the heart and are charming. The music doesn&apos;t etch in the memory unforgettably, but it is pleasant and fits at least.

Unfortunately, there were also quite a number of minuses in &apos;Christmas Unleashed&apos;. Christopher Russell doesn&apos;t look comfortable in the male lead role and doesn&apos;t seem sure of what he was doing or what was going on. He and Lachey&apos;s chemistry is non-existent but it lacked spark. The supporting characters are very sketchy and only Eastwood stands out out of the supporting performances.

Writing sounded rather forced and the flow doesn&apos;t feel smooth enough, it can be very cheesy and the more sentimental moments are close to mawkish. The story is very thin, lacks freshness and tends to feel very stretched out, so the film can feel rather dull and padded. It&apos;s also rather repetitive and some things are either underdeveloped or completely forgotten about.

Overall, not awful. Not great. Just okay-ish. 5/10

Lifetime's Christmas films are very inconsistent. There are some surprisingly good ones, where regardless of their predictability they manage to succeed in being light-hearted, charming and undemanding fun. But also some failures (though not often as bad as the worst of Hallmark), where the characters are not likeable, everything is forced and shallow with implausibility too in some of the worst cases, the acting and writing being weak and basically with just nothing to them.

'Christmas Unleashed' is neither one of the surprisingly good Lifetime Christmas films or one of the failures in my view, though that is not going to be the feelings of all that like or dislike it more than me. If anything it's in the middle of the pack category, being watchable with nothing really to be offended by, it's cute and there are a fair share of good things. While also not having an awful lot that is exceptional, and generally 'Christmas Unleashed' needed a stronger story and a different male lead to work a lot better than it did.

There are quite a number of pluses. It's nicely shot with some nice picturesque scenery. Vanessa Lachey struck me as very likeable and had a lot of charm about her. The other cast standout is an amusing Jayne Eastwood, who brings some welcome levity to the film. The dog is absolutely adorable.

Furthermore, there are moments that do warm the heart and are charming. The music doesn't etch in the memory unforgettably, but it is pleasant and fits at least.

Unfortunately, there were also quite a number of minuses in 'Christmas Unleashed'. Christopher Russell doesn't look comfortable in the male lead role and doesn't seem sure of what he was doing or what was going on. He and Lachey's chemistry is non-existent but it lacked spark. The supporting characters are very sketchy and only Eastwood stands out out of the supporting performances.

Writing sounded rather forced and the flow doesn't feel smooth enough, it can be very cheesy and the more sentimental moments are close to mawkish. The story is very thin, lacks freshness and tends to feel very stretched out, so the film can feel rather dull and padded. It's also rather repetitive and some things are either underdeveloped or completely forgotten about.

Overall, not awful. Not great. Just okay-ish. 5/10

When Becca's dog runs away on Christmas Eve, she must team up with her ex-boyfriend Max to find him.

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