A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I thought that Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis were both rather pitch-perfect and they had tons of chemistry together. Seriously, they made such a cute couple together. Furthermore, I really did appreciate that their characters were fairly complex, at least, much more than what you usually get in this genre. Of course, your first reaction might be to be really judgmental towards Harper and the choices that she made but I think it’s easy to judge her if you’re coming from a super tolerant background, like I do. Indeed, as pointed out by another character, coming-out is a complete life-altering experience for all gays and, for some of them, an extremely difficult even borderline impossible step to take, as displayed in this movie. So, it was some really strong material but, unfortunately, they tried to squeeze it in some typical ‘Meet The Parents’ comedy. Sure, I understand that they wanted to appeal to a larger audience but the jokes were hardly entertaining. Even more problematic was that this approach pretty much ruined all the supporting characters involved. That’s a tricky thing, one on hand, they wanted to have the audience having a good time watching a fairly basic Christmas comedy but, on the other hand, the two main characters were in the process pretty much dying from the inside out and combining these 2 concepts was maybe not the greatest idea in the world. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.