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Happiest Season
This holiday, everyone's secrets are coming out.
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
- Original title
- Happiest Season
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $1,401,954
ravensview
Dec 21, 2022 · via TMDB
I usually avoid Christmas movies but some of those names grabbed me - Mack Davis, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, and more. All put in a great performance, the story made sense, the plot was well done, and it was a nice little town - all good.
Peter McGinn
Dec 15, 2020 · via TMDB
I was surprised by how much I liked this Hulu Christmas offering, since you can get jaded at the number of holiday romantic movies the various sources crank out every year. The movie seems to combine several sub genres here, the familiar gay coming out, dysfunctional holiday family, even bordering in romantic triangle territory. Martin Levy’s son does him proud, as Dan Levy was a real scene stealer here. I quickly decided the more of him, the better. The chemistry between the two leads wasn’t quite evident to me and I am not sure why. I saw more chemistry between Harper and Abby’s ex-girlfriend Riley, actually. Also, I think an opportunity was lost in the perpetually frowning two kids. They should have been allowed a bit more personality I think. (And what is up with all the gender neutral names for many of the female characters here? Harper, Tipper, Sloan, Riley, Harry, Kelly and Ashley. Weird. Mary Steenburgen does her usual competent job playing the wife and matriarch, though I felt they let her fade a little into the background until she asserts herself near the end. So while this movie won’t enter my cycle of Christmas movies to watch annually, I enjoyed it just fine (tinged with the shadow of regret that it wouldn’t have taken much more to be very good). The writers do not have many film credits, so I hope they continue to write and improve. I won’t change the channel if I run across it in the future.
Kamurai
Nov 30, 2020 · via TMDB
Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend. There is a huge advantage in knowing as little as possible about a movie before watching it: mostly it removes expectations, and allows little surprises to delight you through the movie. I watched it because it was a Kristen Stewart movie, but was happily surprised to see Clea Duvall involved, and continually delighted to see familiar faces appear: Mary Holland, Alison Brie, and Aubrey Plaza especially. I'm honestly not familiar with "a lot" of "coming out of the closet, but not quite yet" stories, but I have seen a lot of "secrets for the holidays", and "don't tell my family x", and this is very interesting that it uses that concept to knock the wind out of the sails of the story so early. While the majority of the story is basically abuse humor, it's delivered in a way that manages to both garner sympathy for Abbie and be charmingly amusing. If the movie has a real downside, then it's that it tries to do (almost) too many things, but manages to pull it off. Yeah, I pretty much hate Harper, but that's by design, and she's a victim as much as a villain. The shift in stories as things all start to resolve is the "worst" part of it, but ultimately makes for a satisfying ending.
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Kristen Stewart
Abby
Mackenzie Davis
Harper
Mary Steenburgen
Tipper
Victor Garber
Ted
Alison Brie
Sloane
Mary Holland
Jane
Dan Levy
John
Burl Moseley
Eric
Aubrey Plaza
Riley Johnson
Sarayu Blue
Carolyn McCoy
Jake McDorman
Connor
Ana Gasteyer
Harry Levin
Caroline Harris
Kelly
Jenny Gulley
Ashley
Dominique Allen Lawson
Levi
Michelle Buteau
Trudy
Carla Gallo
Angry Homeowner Lady
Timothy Simons
Mall Security Ed
Lauren Lapkus
Mall Security Crystal
Jinkx Monsoon
Em. K. Ultra
BenDeLaCreme
Miss L'Teau
Anis N'Dobe
Magnus
Asiyih N'Dobe
Matilda
Sean Michael Weber
Barista
Sarab Kamoo
Striking Woman Jeweler
Chelsea Banglesdorf
Colleen the Hostess
Liron Blumenthal
Fancy Restaurant Waitress
Daryn Kahn
Todd, Bearded Guy
Dave Maulbeck
Book Buyer
Donald J. Hewitt Jr.
Hand Holder Man
Christopher Jon Gombos
Huge Man
Daina Griffith
Caroler
Daniel Krell
Caroler
Gina Jun
Christmas Party Guest (uncredited)
Daniel Johnson
Barista Chef (uncredited)
John Guleserian
Director of Photography
Doug Coleman
Stunt Coordinator
Anthony Mecca
Stunts
Ashley Pynn
Stunts
Heidi Germaine Schnappauf
Stunts
Helena Barrett
Stunts
Kelly Richardson
Stunts
Clea DuVall
Director
Rich Delia
Casting
Erin Rose Kelly
Casting Assistant
Wyck Godfrey
Executive Producer
Chelsea Banglesdorf
Executive Producer's Assistant
Isaac Klausner
Producer
Marty Bowen
Producer
Laurel Thomson
Production Executive
Season Kent
Music Supervisor
Hal Rosenfeld
Musician
Amie Doherty
Orchestrator
Amie Doherty
Original Music Composer
Deb Adair
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Clea DuVall
Screenplay
Mary Holland
Screenplay
Clea DuVall
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