Is My Norwegian Holiday Worth Watching? (& Where To Stream The Hallmark Movie)

My Norwegian Holiday is one of several hit Hallmark Christmas movies released in 2023 – and it manages to stand out even though it was an incredibly strong year for the network’s festive films. As the title suggests, My Norwegian Holiday takes place in Norway. The story follows JJ (Rhiannon Fish) who travels to the Nordic country to uncover the mystery behind a troll statue she inherited from her grandmother.

However, once she reaches the snowy European country, she discovers much more than the meaning of the mysterious heirloom. She meets and soon falls for Henrik (David Elsendoorn), and their textbook Hallmark love story soon unfolds. However, My Norwegian Holiday has much more going for it than the traditional Hallmark Christmas romance tropes, as it offers a surprisingly deep and incredibly unique viewing experience that sets it apart.

My Norwegian Holiday Is Worth Watching

The 2023 Christmas Film Has A Lot Of Thematic Depth For A Hallmark Movie

If there’s one word that sums up why My Norwegian Holiday stands out from other Hallmark Christmas movies, it’s maturity. This doesn’t mean that it contains adult content (it is rated TV-G, after all). Rather, it explores several themes and topics with much more depth and balance than the majority of Hallmark’s festive season releases. This is a key reason that My Norwegian Holiday is worth watching – though it’s also far from its only noteworthy strength.

There are many Hallmark Christmas movies that feel like jigsaw collages of the network’s many tried-and-tested storytelling tropes wrapped up in a holiday season aesthetic. While this is, of course, a winning recipe for heartwarming Christmas movies fans of Hallmark know and love, My Norwegian Holiday definitely isn’t one of these titles (though it still has plenty of the staple Hallmark wholesomeness that viewers have come to expect).

Specifically, My Norwegian Holiday takes a lot of time to explore what love and fear mean to those experiencing the emotions, and how they play into one another. While it is a love story filled with tender romantic moments like many of the best Hallmark Christmas movies, it doesn’t simply throw its central couple together without the characters stopping for introspection to figure out what they’re feeling and why.

This also ties into two other strengths of My Norwegian Holiday – the script and the supporting characters. Screenwriter Betsy Morris did a fantastic job at creating incredibly natural dialogue that managed to be both thematically deep (and quite philosophically heavy in places) without anything coming across like heavy-handed exposition. This is a credit both to Morris as a writer and My Norwegian Holiday as a movie, because there have been many romance films whose attempts to explore the concept of love end up with the central couple simply monologuing at one-another.

JJ and Henrik’s love story is a textbook Hallmark Christmas film romance, but it’s comfortably

nestled within a surprisingly cerebral viewing experience.

My Norwegian Holiday doesn’t explore the complexity of Rhiannon Fish’s JJ or David Eisendoorn’s Henrik’s feelings for one another by having the pair spew long tangents of uninterrupted talking. Instead, the pair learn, explore, and navigate their growing love for one another (and the fear that comes with) through conversations with the rich tapestry of supporting characters – or, just as often, JJ and Henrik pick up some unexpected 2nd hand insight or wisdom by listening to these same characters talk to each other too.

Characters like Deirdre Monaghan’s Astrid or Conor Mullen’s Anders are incredibly effective vehicles for My Norwegian Holiday’s exploration of what love actually means. What’s more, the above-average thematic depth never gets in the way of My Norwegian Holiday being a Hallmark movies. There’s still plenty of room for all the heartwarming and borderline-cliche romantic moments that fans of the network expect. JJ and Henrik’s love story is a textbook Hallmark Christmas film romance, but it’s comfortably nestled within a surprisingly cerebral viewing experience.

The other reason My Norwegian Holiday is worth watching is given away by the title. This is, of course, the setting. No other Hallmark Christmas movies have been set in Norway, which gives the film a unique charm. Not only does it feature some breathtaking shots of the Norwegian landscape, but it also showcases several unique Christmas customs and traditions. These make My Norwegian Holiday truly stand out, and only add to it being much more intellectually stimulating than the average Hallmark movie.

My Norwegian Holiday Is Available To Stream On Hallmark TV Now

The Additional Subscription For Amazon Prime Video And Apple TV+ Is Required

Like most Hallmark Christmas movies, 2023’s My Norwegian Holiday is available for streaming on Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video with the paid Hallmark TV Now add-on. The service upgrade costs an additional $7.99 per month for Prime Video subscribers, with the additional subscription costing $5.99 per month if taken out through Apple TV+. This will give subscribers access to not only My Norwegian Holiday, but a wide range of original Hallmark movies and shows.

If viewers want to watch My Norwegian Holiday without taking up an additional streaming subscription, the 2023 Hallmark Christmas movie is also available for purchase on both Apple TV and Amazon Video. It’s priced at $9.99 on both platforms and currently isn’t offered for rental.

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