Best. Christmas. Ever!

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Best. Christmas. Ever!

Released Nov 16, 2023

1h 20m

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Comedy

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Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie's snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can't possibly be that perfect.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

More of a holiday concept than legit film, Netflix’s flimsy and phony offering flounders around and strands Heather Graham and pop singer/actor Brandy Norwood, not to mention Jason Biggs and Matt Cedeno, in the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 27, 2023

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Courtney Howard

Variety

Its absurdist lunacy acts as a Trojan Horse containing genuinely meaningful sentiments on forgiveness, happiness and bittersweet sorrows — universalities people tend to reflect on as their year comes to a close.

Nov 16, 2023

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Claire Shaffer

New York Times

“Best. Christmas. Ever!” resembles a television holiday special more than a feature film, and its plot follows the predictable Christmastime themes of love, acceptance, and being thankful for what you’ve got.

Nov 16, 2023

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Alison Gillmor

Winnipeg Free Press

What follows is standard Christmas-movie fare: a town-square nativity pageant, a couple of precocious kids and some eggnog-sweet lessons about love and friendship, all marred by an uncomfortable and abrupt tonal shift.

Dec 20, 2023

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Jeanine T. Abraham

VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium)

Watch Best. Christmas. Ever! if you want to waste a bit of your precious life.

Rated: 1

Dec 13, 2023

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Maddy Casale

Decider

For all of its joys, the holiday season can be a time of comparison, envy, and heartache, and Best. Christmas. Ever! portrays that in a really thought-provoking and realistic way as it reminds us that no life or person is as perfect as it may seem.

Nov 29, 2023

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Remi C

The worst movie u have ever seen. I did enjoy making fun of it though.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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Audience Member

Mid Movie Not great, not bad. Felt like I blacked out, at the end of the movie I was like what happened? Watched it with my family and they usually like these kinds of movies but they thought this movie was only okay. Good for background noise, would not recommend if you want to get actually invested in the movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Jovi J

What is this why is this when did this where did this mess of cheesiness arrive to are planet please do not watch this if you are human. If there is one thing I love doing it’s watching Christmas movies during the holiday season. They said this movie was extremely entertaining enjoyable and exciting the only exciting part is waiting for the movie to end this movie needs to be erased from the world get it away from humanity even aliens are scared of this movie now and why is there a fake Adam sandlar do not watch this ever like Evers seriously you are going to pass away as soon as the movie turns on ……… this movie is absolutely garbage nobody wants to watch it ever not even if you think the trailers were good the movie was not🥺🤬🤬🤬

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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fat E

One,you guys are weird. It’s Christmas,it’s supposed to be lighthearted and cringe and cliche. Gosh. Enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. Nothing I didn’t expect

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Ray G

Do not watch. This is terrible on all aspects

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Steven W

Very cringe and hard to watch. We did have a good time making fun of it 😆

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Mary Lambert

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Synopsis

Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie's snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can't possibly be that perfect.

Director: Mary Lambert
Producer: Charles Shyer
Screenwriter: Todd Calgi Gallicano, Charles Shyer
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
Genre: Holiday, Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 16, 2023
Runtime: 1h 20m

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