4 stars. Not Good. Sad Face.

If Homegoods and Nutella had a baby with Hallmark scrubbing into the operating room to deliver it, the result would be Deck The Walls. This meh movie centers around a home renovation for charity with a live reveal on Christmas Eve. Sorry guys, Santa Tell Me has questions about stealing their live reveal storyline.

I was pondering my decision to watch every 2024 Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movie from the opening scene of this stinker.

Rose (Ashley Greene) is a successful interior designer who swoops in to save her brother Sal (Danny Pellegrino) who can’t figure out how to do a charity renovation. Our leading man, Brysen (Wes Brown), works for Sal. And this is where I’m supposed to write that sparks fly between Rose and Brysen, but there were absolutely no sparks. Not even a misfire between these two, so when they kiss in the final moments, I wondered if the love story got cut entirely.

The Homegoods product placement is obscene, and then they go back again. And really, I’m OK with that. Product placement is fine in these movies, but then Nutella comes out of nowhere and takes over the second half of placement. Do that many people bake with Nutella? Dang it, now I have to find out!

Sal finds love too, with an evil boyhood rival turned modern day rival, Jake. I want Sal to find love, but I also want to punch Jake’s smug face.

Skip Deck the Walls.

Cast Kudos: Claybourne Elder who plays Jake. He’s great as a villain. Don’t turn good!

Measuring Christmas Magic: If we’re measuring the amount of decorations the Homegoods budget added, then we had a lot of magic. As for the plot, none.

Alternative movie titles: Deck me so I don’t have to watch this; A Homegoods Christmas; A creamy Nutella tale