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 Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story – JenEric Movie Review

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Hello Cinephiles,

Today we’re talking about the 2024 film Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.

Story

This is the standard love story where the “prince” meets the uncommon girl and her family and before she knows who he is, they start falling for each other. Then there’s drama when she finds out and eventually they rebuild trust and love. Same plot points as a lot of Cinderella stories.

There’s nothing particularly new in it, but they tie every plot point to the emotion of the movie.

I was worried this would just be a huge ad for the team and it’s players, but it never felt that way. Even with Donna Kelce popping up.

Score: 0.5

Characters

Throw a bunch of standard, but kind, family tropes at a wall and you’ll get the characters from this movie.

That being said, they act the shit out of it. Every line, every look, and every movement is purposeful and impactful. The actors are mostly veteran TV actors and they’re lovable.

The main characters are adorable and have enough chemistry to keep us interested.

Score: 1

Dialogue

The dialogue was pure cheese but delivered so well that it felt deep.

Score: 1

Visuals and Music

The camera angles were good and they made Kansas City look like a small Christmas town, which is impressive.

The music did it’s job and was good.

Score: 0.5

Fun

It was a nice relaxing movie that was sweet and still pulled at my heartstrings. Both my wife and I loved it. (We watched it after the kids wree in bed.)

Score: 1

Overall

It strikes the perfect balance between cheese and real emotion with all the heart you’d need from this sort of movie.

Final Score: 4 Stars out of 5

Dear Dragon – Welcome to Level 9

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Dear Dragon,

This past year has felt so fast, and you’re growing so much emotionally and intellectually. It leaves me in awe and makes me so proud. We’ve spent the past year closer to home without any big trips. We did go to a bunch of conventions. You’ve become extremely helpful during them. You’re helping with set up, tear down, and you’ve even started selling a little.

This year you’ve:

  • Did really well at school, your favourite subjects were math, music, and dance
  • Cooked several meals as head chef (you have a great instinct for flavours)
  • Really improved in piano and even performed your first concert at the school talent show
  • Played Clue with your mom and even came close to winning
  • Had a huge reading leap and are reading full novels now
  • Read mine and mom’s complete catalogue of books (not the pen name stuff)
  • Were diagnosed with ADHD and Gifted like your mum and I

There have been some hard times, fights with friends, and frustrations on understanding why people do things. I wish I could help, but I find so much of human interactions confusing. We’re in the process of getting you assessed for autism (again like your mum and I) and that could explain some of last years frustrations with friends but it could just be the randomness of kids. Either way, I understand. All last year’s angst seems to have been washed out over the summer, so that’s a good thing.

I’m consistently impressed by your mind and strength of personality. You are so good at seeing patterns in stories, puzzles, and games. You are getting better and better at guessing the end of a mystery. You also stand up for what you think is right. We’ve had other parents say that you’ve been a good influence on their kids.

It’s hard to get you to bed or to whatever is the next thing we need to do because I love talking with you so much.

You have some bad moments; you get angry/snippy when hungry and really rude when you’re stressed, but that’s just with us not with others. It’s something to work on but I’m not as worried as I once was.

We talked about IQ the other day and I told you that what is more important is: kindness, knowledge, and curiosity. You embody these three in most of your interactions.

I love you so much little Dragon!

Your Papa