Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

2020

1 hr. 38 min.

Holiday

Musical

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36 Reviews

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A woman who plans to sell a small town without regard for the people who live there receives a visit from an angel.

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Critics Consensus

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square isn't quite up to its star's standards, but its overwhelming good cheer and campy self-awareness may be just what viewers are looking for.

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Schuyler G

It doesn't have to be good to become a family Christmas classic!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/24

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P K

AMAZING FILM!!!! Campy but so sweet and funny. A new favorite Xmas classic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/06/23

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Generic S

The best part of the movie is Dolly Parton (which is expected whenever she's in a movie). The bits without her range from bad to good and hover mostly on the meh side. Vocals and choreography are pretty great. Lyrics range from meh to good, with the Dolly numbers being up to her usual quality. I wanted to turn the movie off in the beginning, but it did pick up enough to be in enjoyable after about the 25ish minute mark. I'm glad I sat through it. Plot is a pretty run of the mill Christmas movie with a fun enough twist made better by Dolly's performance.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/11/22

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Wyndi G

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/23/22

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Audience Member

Turned off after 5mins. Absolutely awful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

I turned into this movie thinking the music would be inspiring and beautiful. The writing was horrible but the music was just as bad. I'm totally blown away that someone that does music so well could get it so wrong. I had to stop watching half way through. It was just unbearable.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Debbie Allen

Director

Dolly Parton

Angel

Christine Baranski

Regina Fuller

Treat Williams

Carl Pellam

Jenifer Lewis

Margeline

Josh Segarra

Pastor Christian Hathaway

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

It's hard to figure out quite where Christmas on the Square is headed in any given moment, despite the film borrowing liberally from festive classics.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 5, 2020

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Wesley Morris

New York Times

"Campy" is camp with a diploma and a martini. And "Christmas on the Square" is a drunk.

Nov 23, 2020

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

This is Netflix's version of community theater, which I don't really mind!

Nov 21, 2020

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Michael Cuby

them.

With new original music from Dolly herself and more than enough snappy dance numbers, Christmas On the Square won’t be winning any awards but it will surely become a holiday favorite in its own right.

Sep 26, 2022

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

It's a perfect fusion of Dolly's aesthetics with the vibe of Tyler Perry's stage productions - even if, as a friend on the internet said, "You're going to want to wallow in sin afterward, it's so sweet."

Sep 9, 2021

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Leonie Cooper

NME (New Musical Express)

A complex film this is not, but rather a film about faith, more specifically, Christianity, the driving force for so much of Dolly Parton's own charitable work.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 17, 2021

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Synopsis

A woman who plans to sell a small town without regard for the people who live there receives a visit from an angel.

Director: Debbie Allen
Executive Producer: Debbie Allen, Sam Haskell, Dolly Parton, Maria S. Schlatter
Screenwriter: Maria S. Schlatter
Production Co: Magnolia Hill, Warner Bros. Television, Sandollar Productions
Genre: Holiday, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2020

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