To think so many Christmas/hallmark type films are misogynistic?

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Just seen the trailer to the new Lindsey Lohan Christmas movie and it’s annoyed me so much.

Has anyone else noticed a common theme with a lot of hallmark type movies?

A ‘career’ woman living in the city ends up in a small town for whatever reason (usually hometown).

The woman is of course childfree, shallow, rude, obsessed with materialistic things and lacks empathy.

For whatever reason the town has some challenge/is at risk. The towns people are of course all tight knit, kind hearted people and the opposite of the selfish woman.

The woman meets a local town guy who is wholesome but of course she is rude to him but is forced to spend time with him for whatever reason.

Overtime she comes to see that the people of the town are in fact good and nice people and her life of a career and city living is wrong, shallow and lacking.

So she defeats the towns problem, quits her career, falls in love with local guy and learns the error of her ways.

Silly woman, living her life in a city. Spending her hard earned money of designer clothes and holidays. At least now she’s back where she belongs to crack on making babies and supporting everyone else.

Am I being unreasonable to think this narrative is way over done and needs to stop?

Am I being unreasonable to think this narrative is way over done and needs to stop?

Um, which films spring to mind for you, OP….?

Not that I’m looking for a Christmas watch list, or anything…..

Ha ha, you've summed it up perfectly!
And it's always the most perfect, chocolate box little towns.

Yes you are, how else will I spend hours watching cheesy rubbish films on hallmark channel?
I burst out laughing at this

I actually work in this area and yes, there is a formula, and the channels won't buy the films if you don't follow it. But as PP have pointed out, it's usually not quite so one-sided anymore with the city woman giving up her life and career - often it's a compromise where, say, she moves to the cosy town and sets up her own consultancy there, and the country love interest ends up working for as well as dating her.

There's also a very gentle push towards doing exactly this sort of film, but LGBT instead of hetero, so you may start seeing some of those.

They are all loosely based on A Christmas Carol which is, of course, a bloke.

Love these type of movies.
My absolute guilty pleasure 😜

I agree.

Although I think in the Lindsay Lohan film she's an heiress, which I assumed meant she didn't actually have a job. So at least she doesn't give up a high flying career..