{"id":19512,"date":"2018-10-08T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=19512"},"modified":"2018-11-01T19:01:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T02:01:40","slug":"review-verymerrytoystore-fourchristmasesandawedding-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/10\/review-verymerrytoystore-fourchristmasesandawedding-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Merry Toy Store\/Four Christmases and a Wedding DVD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A Very Merry Toy Store<\/em><\/strong> and Four Christmases and a Wedding<\/em><\/strong> is your standard holiday fare that one would see on the Hallmark Channel and given its successes, guess it\u2019s no surprise to see Lifetime get in the act, steering away from the soap opera-like thrillers.<\/p>\n

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A Very Merry Toy Store\/Four Christmases and a Wedding<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u2013 Double Feature \u2013
\n(2017)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Family, Romance, Comedy
\nLionsgate | NR \u2013 98 min. \/ 99 min. \u2013 $14.98 | October 23, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/08\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Paula Hart, Marita Grabiak
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>David Beckman (A Very Merry Christmas<\/em>) (Teleplay); Barbara Kymlicka (Four Christmases and a Wedding<\/em>) (Written by)
\nCast (A Very Merry Toy Store<\/em>): <\/strong>Melissa John Hart, Mario Lopez, Dan Amboyer, Tara Strong, Brian Dennehy
\nCast (Four Christmases and a Wedding<\/em>): <\/strong>Arielle Kebbel, Corey Sevier, Robyn Lawley, Judge Reinhold, Markie Post<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>None
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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A VERY MERRY TOY STORE
\n<\/em><\/strong>Connie (MELISSA JOAN HART) and Will (MARIO LOPEZ) run rival toy stores in New Britain, Connecticut. When the unscrupulous owner of Roy\u2019s Toys opens his megastore right before Christmas, Connie and Will put aside their differences to save their businesses \u2014 and discover that love has been waiting just down the street.FOUR CHRISTMASES AND A WEDDING
\n<\/em><\/strong>Four years ago, Chloe (ARIELLE KEBBEL) and Evan (COREY SEVIER) fell in love \u2014 only to see their whirlwind romance end when Evan was transferred overseas for work. Each year something \u2014 or someone \u2014 seems to stand in the way of their true love, but will a touch of Santa\u2019s magic finally bring Chloe and Evan together?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This single flipper disc (can\u2019t remember the last time I saw one of those) release comes housed in a standard DVD case. No features were included.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5, AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5
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Both films are presented with a 16×9 enhanced 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and come with standard Dolby Digital 2.0 tracks, providing for clear dialogue levels and okay depth for the Christmas music.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Overall, A Very Merry Toy Store<\/em><\/strong> and Four Christmases and a Wedding<\/em><\/strong> is your standard holiday fare that one would see on the Hallmark Channel and given its successes, guess it\u2019s no surprise to see Lifetime get in the act, steering away from the soap opera-like thrillers. If these kinds of movies are your thing, maybe it\u2019s worth picking up especially at a bargain, otherwise there\u2019s nothing here that really stands out…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Very Merry Toy Store and Four Christmases and a Wedding is your standard holiday fare that one would see on the Hallmark Channel and given its successes, guess it\u2019s no surprise to see Lifetime get in the act, steering away from the soap opera-like thrillers.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[1229,1255,6145,829,5458,6144,6143,2160],"class_list":["post-19512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-arielle-kebbel","tag-brian-dennehy","tag-corey-sevier","tag-judge-reinhold","tag-lifetime","tag-mario-lopez","tag-melissa-john-hart","tag-tara-strong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19527,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512\/revisions\/19527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}