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A con artist with an attachment-free lifestyle, seduces a sweet wholesome woman by pretending to be someone else, but must first spend Christmas with her family, whom he grows to love.
I've never seen this paradigm before. Whose is it?Anyways - I'll give this a crack.Setup - We meet this con artist.He's just stolen a lot of money from a rich snobby woman (I'll have to push down on her villainous qualities - not unlike Bill Murray's brother in Christmas Vacation ha.)Anyways, he's bRead more
I’ve never seen this paradigm before. Whose is it?
Anyways – I’ll give this a crack.
Setup – We meet this con artist.
He’s just stolen a lot of money from a rich snobby woman (I’ll have to push down on her villainous qualities – not unlike Bill Murray’s brother in Christmas Vacation ha.)
Anyways, he’s been lying low for a few weeks and plans to head to a locker, miles away, filled with the money. He shaves his beard, dyes his hair, etc. Heads off.
The problem – trapped in his old hometown, miles from locker filled with money. car breaks down. mechanics say a few days.
The solution – not wanting to be alone during (we’ll say the 23rd, 24th and 25th), he seduces the sweet wholesome woman. (I’m including the “sweet, wholesome” so you know she’s far too good for him).
The goal – In order to spend time with this woman, he has to spend time with her family (who are either weird, dysfunctional or very individualistic – one of them. We’ll see).
Some of the conflict here would be how they encourage him to be himself and or see through his charm. They are also far too good and nice for this sleazy pathetic and soulless guy.
Also – spending time with the family also means Christmas parties and events where he has to show his face. A face which is steadily being shown on the news/TV. (He’s a wanted man.)
The hook – He falls for family. The family fall for him. even the whole community like this guy. This guy has actually found the place he belongs. This is his home now.
But it’s also a fantasy. He’ll have to go back to reality sooner or later.
I think there’s a few townies who remember him as a kid. And perhaps a love rival/cop next door who is onto him. (Cliche I know.)
The conflict – Snow has cleared up. Car is fixed. Family finds out who he is.
The rich snobby woman is on his tail. With cops.
Disowned, the con artist gets out of town.
He ends up in sleazy motel room. Alone and drinking. This is exactly how he did not want to spend Christmas eve.
He now has the money – and does not feel complete.
The conclusion – Con artist uses the money to save the family’s struggling business (yay!). Then the rich snobby woman (who knows it was on him) doesn’t press charges – another Christmas miracle.
And then all is forgiven somehow and this guy has finally turned into the decent, honourable guy he was pretending to be.
That’s basically it. What do you think?
See lessTrapped in his old hometown during a snowstorm, a charming con artist must spend Christmas with a dysfunctional family ? and unexpectedly finds the family he never had.
Just so you know, there is a very similar Nicholas Cage movie called "Trapped in Paradise"I don't think it will make too much of a difference, and your movie will be able to stand on its own, but you should know it's out there.
Just so you know, there is a very similar Nicholas Cage movie called “Trapped in Paradise”
I don’t think it will make too much of a difference, and your movie will be able to stand on its own, but you should know it’s out there.
See lessWhen a charming con artist settles down with a sweet yet gullible woman, he must spend Christmas with her dysfunctional family – and unexpectedly experiences the concept of family for the first time.
In your last logline, it looks like you gave away the ending, something a logline should never do. Beyond that problem, where is the conflict? Since the con artist is the MC, the conflict within the dysfunctional family does not count. The logline needs to tell us what conflict involves the MC. If tRead more
In your last logline, it looks like you gave away the ending, something a logline should never do.
Beyond that problem, where is the conflict? Since the con artist is the MC, the conflict within the dysfunctional family does not count. The logline needs to tell us what conflict involves the MC. If the MC is simply observing the conflict, then he is not the MC. (In the “Great Gatsby” Carraway narrates the story, but Gatsby is the MC as he drives the major conflict.)
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