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Best. Christmas. Ever!

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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 11/27/2023
1.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Courtney Howard Variety 11/16/2023
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. Go to Full Review
Claire Shaffer New York Times 11/16/2023
“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. Go to Full Review
Alison Gillmor Winnipeg Free Press 12/20/2023
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. Go to Full Review
Jeanine T. Abraham VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium) 12/13/2023
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Watch Best. Christmas. Ever! if you want to waste a bit of your precious life. Go to Full Review
Maddy Casale Decider 11/29/2023
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. Go to Full Review
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J F Nov 25 Worst movie ever. Heather Graham was awful! What happened? Her acting was off and terrible the entire time. She had no clue how to act her character. Brandy was a lil better. Not much tho. Just so disappointing. I expected a fun movie with real actors and it was worse than any bad Hallmark. Im not sure where her ability to actually act went but it was completely gone here. See more Remi C @Remitherat Jan 5 The worst movie u have ever seen. I did enjoy making fun of it though. See more Jan 1 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. See more Jovi J Dec 31 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🥺🤬🤬🤬 See more fat E Dec 29 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 See more Ray G Dec 25 Do not watch. This is terrible on all aspects See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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