The opening of the movie is quite lovely to watch, three girls on a Christmas scavenger hunt that their dad created for them, very cute. After this, I was hooked. Although 'Every Time a Bell Rings' has its flaws, it still is a lovely story with some quality acting. Sure, it is not one of Hallmark's best, but it is entertaining and engaging nonetheless. The movie is about three adopted sisters - Charlotte (played by Erin Cahill),Emily (played by Brittany Ishibashi),and Nora (played by Ali Liebert) - who return home to Mississippi for Christmas after some years apart. They soon discover that their late father has arranged one final Christmas scavenger hunt for them to complete. Will the search for the Christmas Bell bring the sisters back together after years of drifting apart? At the heart of the story is the bond between sisters, and even though they have drifted apart over the years, all they need is a bit of reminding of that bond (via another one of dad's scavenger hunts) for them to work things out. Taking the (time) constraints of an 84-minute movie into account, I thought the writers did a good job of weaving together the sisters' individual struggles and storylines (especially their own perceptions of success and failure) in a way that worked through their feelings and concerns together as sisters. However, because the writers try to do a lot in the movie, we lose some depth to the story, which other reviewers have pointed out. The acting, overall, was very strong, I felt. Cahill, Ishibashi, and Liebert all have very good performances. That is, all three engaged me, pulled me in from the start. Though the romance in the movie is secondary, there still is some great chemistry. Both Cahill and Brown and Liebert and Greenwood were very convincing and appealing to watch on-screen, I felt. Finally, there is the scavenger hunt and the Christmas Bell. In some ways, I wish the writers would have cut back on the sub-plots and focused their energy on the scavenger hunt as this was fun to watch. Plus, it had a bit of mystery, which I enjoyed. All in all, 'Every Time a Bell Rings' is a charming Christmas story about the love and bond of three sisters. It is a warm, sweet, and engaging story (even with its shortcomings),a nice new edition to Hallmark's Christmas movie line-up this season.

I liked that they filmed in Natchez, Mississippi. I wanted more Wes Brown because he's great. The sisters singing was not well done. So tired of what seems to be "token" gay couples.

Charlotte, Nora and Emily are three girls who get adopted by a sweet Mississippi couple and grow up as sisters. Life has taken the three sisters in different directions...Charlotte travels the world project managing the building of medical centers around the world, Emily is living in San Francisco with her baker husband with whom she eloped and is working hard at a start up, and Nora has moved back home and is helping their mother after the failure of her business. This will be the first time that all three sisters are home together for Christmas since their father passed away. The father had a tradition of setting up a scavenger hunt for the girls to do together...and mysteriously someone had done it again this year. At the end of the scavenger hunt is a bell that was made by their grandfather and the belief is that if you ring the bell on Christmas and you have won thing that you really, really want...and you wish for it while ringing the bell, it will come true.

The reunion of the sister and a story about adoption was very sweet.

This was the first lesbian kiss that I have seen on hallmark...if you are interested this movie might be for you.

"The truth is hard, but always feels better after."-quote from the girl's deceased dad.