Contemporary screenwriter Lucy Hardgrove is hired to pen the remake of the holiday classic His Merry Wife!, which was shot at the renowned Biltmore Estate. Taking a tour of the grounds, she accidentally knocks over an hourglass, transporting her back in time to 1946, right when His Merry Wife! is being filmed.
Directed by John Putch
holiday
screenwriter
time travel
north carolina
hourglass
christmas
christmas romance
romantic fantasy
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Cast
Bethany Joy Lenz
Lucy Hardgrove
Kristoffer Polaha
Jack Huston
Colton Little
Claude Lancaster
A.K. Benninghofen
Margaret
Annabelle Borke
Ava Hayward
Jennifer Cortese
Peggy
Jonathan Frakes
Winston
David Alexander
William West
Tommy Cresswell
Michael Balaban
Robert Picardo
Harold Balaban
Caity Brewer
Becca
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Director
Crew
John Putch
Director
Colin Theys
Producer
Andrew Gernhard
Producer
Dustin Rikert
Executive Producer
Cal Johnson
Stunt Coordinator
Nathan Edwards
Assistant Production Coordinator
Popular Reviews
59 reviews
Jordan
10.0★ · 12/15/25
i’m not joking when i say this is the greatest christmas movie ever
i’m not joking when i say this is the greatest christmas movie ever
Trang
8.0★ · 12/01/25
hallmark you really ate down with this one holy shit
hallmark you really ate down with this one holy shit
Trevor Wood
6.0★ · 11/30/25
The costumes and production design are BEAUTIFUL! The avengers endgame of hallmark crossover meta ending was so fun too
The costumes and production design are BEAUTIFUL! The avengers endgame of hallmark crossover meta ending was so fun too
Ilse
8.0★ · 11/30/25
Lucy is so real for this because I dream about going back in time for Jimmy Stewart on the set of It’s a Wonderful Life. I love Christmas and time travel!!!!
Lucy is so real for this because I dream about going back in time for Jimmy Stewart on the set of It’s a Wonderful Life. I love Christmas and time travel!!!!
PRO
1.0★ · 11/10/25
hmm my first hallmark movie and… like yeah i know theyre cliche and bad but like wowww um okay this is rly how it is??? watched while coloring with my new ohuhu bobbie goods markers (LOVEEEE) and i just wanted a silly christmas movie which i guess i got….. alas no more hallmark for me. not sure what i was expecting really
hmm my first hallmark movie and… like yeah i know theyre cliche and bad but like wowww um okay this is rly how it is??? watched while coloring with my new ohuhu bobbie goods markers (LOVEEEE) and i just wanted a silly christmas movie which i guess i got….. alas no more hallmark for me. not sure what i was expecting really
