Review of The Noel Diary

Slightly soppy but enjoyable romantic drama, a bit self-knowing (characters say things like "If this was a rom-com"). A best-selling author goes to clear up the house of his recently-deceased mother from whom he has been estranged for years, and there meets a young woman searching for her own mother, who gave up for adoption and had been a nanny in the parents' house.

It was a nice 90 minutes, and I did have a lump in my throat from time to time.

Watched on Netflix, which seems to have finally got some half-decent films on board.