The Perfect Christmas Present

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Blair Hayes directs. Adrian Peng Correia behind the camera. Sherril Schlesinger cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 9 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Directed by Blair Hayes, shot by Adrian Peng Correia. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Editor Sherril Schlesinger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Tara Holt and Sam Page and Ta'Rhonda Jones carry the top of the cast.
• 7IMDB entry: tt6398464 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Adrian Peng Correia

Editing

Sherril Schlesinger

Costume design

Halley Sharp

Runtime

83 min · 1h 23m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

G

IMDB

The Perfect Christmas Present (2017) ↗

Also by

Blair Hayes

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  2019 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Mystery 101

  2019 · ★ 7.3
• 
  Great Plains

  2016 · ★ 6.8
• 
  Every Other Holiday

  2018 · ★ 6.7
• 
  Bubble Boy

  2001 · ★ 5.8
• 
  Road Less Traveled

  2017 · ★ 5.7

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Preview - The Perfect Christmas Present - Starring Sam Page, Tara Holt

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2018-02-04
  ★ 5/10

  An intentional Christmas romance tale! This is a male version of 'A Gift Wrapped Christmas'. Like most of the Christmas films, this is also a romance-drama. A man who earned the nickname Mr. Christmas for his ability to pick the ideal Christmas gifts for people is now not set to find one for his friend's girlfriend. But when they are introduced to each other, the things changes around. They two seems started to have feelings. Then there's always a truth that's ready to strike to make the issue even complicated. How this love triangle tale ends were told in the remaining part. The story was just okay. But the actors were good. Typical Hallmark Christmas film. Always guessable and a romance drama that takes place in the snow falling region/city. Mainly instantly falling in love kind of theme. Knowing the storyline, I knew it was not my cup of tea. Despite I did not enjoy it very much, it was not that bad. I did not feel boring, or annoyance. Using old contents and giving a decent film is not an easy task, but they have done a better job. Its for the home audience, the women would enjoy it. So I respect and give it an average. Neither loved nor disliked, like 50/50. 5/10

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Production companies

Who made it

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  MarVista Entertainment

  US

Key crew

• Co-ProducerMarie Halliday
• Executive ProducerHannah Pillemer
• MusicPancho Burgos-Goizueta
• EditorSherril Schlesinger
• Costume DesignHalley Sharp
• ProducerStacia Crawford
• Co-Executive ProducerMargret H. Huddleston
• Executive ProducerKristofer McNeeley

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• holiday
• love
• christmas

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2017-11-04G· Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Also known as

International titles

• Mr. ChristmasUS
• Mr. ChristmasGB
• Mr ChristmasGB
• Мистер РождествоRU