![]() ![]() The fact that so many saw Abby and Riley being a potential couple further accentuated the lack of chemistry between Abby and Harper in the long run of the film. Cliches like that are literally meant for straight audiences. #Happiest season plusSecond, what is up with movies/tv shows casually placing "outings" as the major turning point plus for shock value? Then proceeding to brush it off with a half assed apology from who was responsible, downplaying the seriousness of how wrong it is in the first place. She doesn't need to be painted as a villain but she should've had better character development rather than shoving it all in the last 10 minutes of the film and call it a happy resolution. There is a fine line between being afraid to be out and mistreating your partner because of it. Firstly, I'm shocked to see so many people overlooking and justifying Harper's manipulative and ignorant actions towards Abby. #Happiest season movieThis movie left me feeling more annoyed than it did make me feel happy about a journey meant to be about self acceptance and family. The movie starts off all joyful and festive, sticking to what was marketed and promised in the trailer, however that all comes to an abrupt end way too soon. I really enjoyed it, thus I highly recommend it. Leaving the shortcoming aside, this is a fun (and at times, emotional) Christmas romcom. You are in for a treat with these performances. Alison Brie (as Sloane) and Mary Holland (as Jane) were great too (hilarious in some scenes, I thought). I especially enjoyed Mary Steenburgen's portrayal of Tipper (she was very funny!). ![]() But by then, I felt it was too late, I already had a 'bad taste in my mouth'. Because the film spends much of the time playing out the deception, I found myself asking (towards the middle to end of the film): why are these two together? Of course, at the very end, the writers try to sort this out with a heartfelt reveal, coming out, by Harper. ![]() The chemistry between the two is never really established. The writers could have spent more time setting up why these two, Abby (played by Kristen Stewart) and Harper (played by Mackenzie Davis), are together, in love as it were. In essence, we get one scene before they are off to visit the family for Christmas. ![]() That said, I thought the biggest shortcoming of the movie was that the writers did not spend enough time developing the relationship between Abby and Harper (the leads) before the trip home, before the deception began. The writers did a good job of developing the lines and dialogue here. At the heart of the humour for me was Sloane and Jane (the two sisters), and Tipper (the mother). There is a lot of good and funny dialogue in this movie I found myself laughing quite a bit, at times. The twist in this film, of course, is that it is a same-sex female relationship, where they pretend to be roommates as opposed to a couple. The writers (DuVall and Holland) also draw on a popular plot device: i.e., deception - the fake relationship intended to deceive family and friends (this year, Holidate and Midnight at the Magnolia, come to mind). The plot here - the trip home to meet the family where things go wrong/haywire - is quite a common plot in this genre of film, i.e., the Christmas romantic comedy. It is no Richard Curtis film, but it is fun and entertaining nonetheless. ![]()
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