Jewel Staite

Shawn Roberts

Cindy Busby

Shaun Johnston

Mark Meer

Belinda Cornish

Christopher Craddock

Kirsten Wendlandt

Stephanie Wolfe

Dana Anderson

Howie Miller

Christine Sokaymoh Frederick

Janice Ryan

Sevinn Joshee

Mark LaBelle

Darren Arsenault

Reamonn Joshee

Mark Kandborg

Samuel Marty

Scott Pocha

Dylan Pearce

Aaron James Sorensen

Pierre-Andre Rochat

Roma Roth

Brad Ferguson

Lindsay McIntyre

Alec Harrison

Wes Miron

Andrew W. Scholotiuk

Josh Miller

Jim Dorey

Kris Rurka

Dave Baker

Ryan Monahge

Randy Sexsmith

Kevin Chille

Ezra Noster

Brandon Gowing

Tiffany Cowan

Justin Evans

Tyler Weatherall

Eric B. Spoeth

Katrina Beatty

Cynthia Dryka

Dylan Reid

Dustin Chouinard

Holly Mazur

Tom Guina

Ken Nemetchek

Blair Hupka

Neil Chase

David Heacock

Justin Brunelle

Terry McNeille

Corey Sadowy

Katherine Gobert

Ed 'Animal' Schulz

Tom Robinson

Ryan Westley

Don Blerot

Mike Sanders

Iain Pattison

Sandra Fox

Goro Koyama

Stephen Muir

Don White

Garrell Clark

Davi Aquino

Jenna Dalla Riva

Les Pahl

Kathleen Todoruk

Kenya Hushagen

Trisha Pasnak

Victoria Clark

Jill Keech

Mallory Greaves

Joanne Hoang

Megan Kumpula

Jake Weidman

Ryan Halun

Larry Kelly

Theresa Grant

Christopher Kunkel

Trisha Kieu

Adrian Young

Samara Von Rad

Jodi Stecyk

Linda Brenneman-Snider

Zenon Bihun

Darcia Parada

David Emmerzael

Mika Lirette

Joel Higham

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Comedy

Romance

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A Frosty Affair

12pt Media

Daro Film Distribution

Panacea Entertainment

Northern Gateway Films

Canada

Kamurai

Bad watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend.

I had to watch this twice because I was sleepy the first time and it didn't seem like anything happened.  I can't say I was entirely wrong: there is a lot of nothing that happens in this movie, but it looks like it is by design.

I feel that Jewel Staite is (or at least can be) a strong actor, but this role doesn't demonstrate that very well, and I think there is an argument for this being another "a man is her solution" cliche, which I think would upset Jewel, but her character is a vapid, barely capable idiot who is cared for by a strange man and then goes for him like she just needed to be taken care of.  She (surprisingly) steps up when needed, but she's not the strong, independent woman the beginning of the movie presents her as.  I know it's played for laughs, and Jewel nails the character, but I don't like the character.

The snowy wilds of Alaska are also a weird place to set a romantic comedy.  It's very dangerous from the start, and that's part of the long running joke, that's she's going to get herself killed.

It also lends to isolationism: they're each alone once the snow sets in, then they're alone together, then they're eventually together, alone.  It's rather gloomy atmosphere for a romantic comedy, and it really isn't all that fun the way they fight during the "I hate you but we could bang" phase.  There is just little power to everything that happens, the characters are just written as present and not active.

Shawn Roberts plays off of Jewel Staite as well as his character will let him, but the entire rest of the cast (minus the bear) are just weird casting choices and are really unnecessary to the plot.  We don't need the slutty sister hitting on the husband to be, you can literally cut out EVERYTHING involving her family before the wedding, and it would be a better movie.

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