Reporting for Christmas

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Reporting for Christmas

2023

1h 26m

Holiday

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Mary Romero is a serious journalist who aspires to use her platform as an investigative TV producer to make the world a better place. The general manager of her struggling Chicago-based TV station, Hank, gives Mary an assignment as far removed from that goal as it gets: a puff piece for their biggest advertiser, Johnson Toys, commemorating the 40th anniversary of one of their signature toys that will air just before Christmas. Mary grudgingly leaves for the rural town of Brunswick, Iowa, which boasts having "The Holiday Spirit All Year Round" largely because Johnson Toys, the country's largest manufacturer of Christmas toys, provides hundreds of local jobs. She gets right to business and meets Johnson Toys' enthusiastic CEO Alton Johnson as well as his handsome son Blake, who is next in line to run the company but wants nothing to do with Mary's documentary, which he believes will only focus on their commercial success. After initially butting heads, Blake shows Mary around the Christmas-loving town and shares more about its rich history. The two begin warming to one another over dinner, a stroll down main street, and peppermint lattes.

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Jonah Nink

Chicago Reader

Easy targets for cheap shots are plentiful, but honestly, this is fine. It’s inoffensive Christmas movie shenanigans, and it’s breezy at 80 minutes...still, there are much better Christmas stories to cover.

Nov 17, 2023

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Predictable but sweet Hulu holiday film that showcases the historic downtown of suburban Chicago village Long Grove...

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 3, 2023

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Alejandro Turdó

Hoy Sale Cine

Reporting for Christmas may play several Rom-Com christmas movie tropes by the book, but its likeable characters and breezy storytelling put it one step above similar productions while also capturing the never ending charm of small town America.

Rated: 7/10

Dec 15, 2023

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Patrick McDonald

HollywoodChicago.com

The film is smart, funny and breezy, and connects the big city gal with the small town hunk in organic and story-progressing ways. As a contemporary Yuletide romance story, this film fills the seasonal stocking. W/interview of director Jack C. Newell.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 9, 2023

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Brett White

Decider

Reporting for Christmas is so by-the-numbers that it feels like old news.

Nov 7, 2023

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Robin S

I'm not a Christmas movie type person, but this was cute!! And the house they filmed in, the Cherry Tree Inn Bed and Breakfast in Woodstock Illinois, is even more gorgeous in person!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/30/23

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Robin

This movie is just terrible, the acting was stale, the script felt like it was written by A1, and so much unnecessary use of green screen. Nobody had any personality except the camera man, unfortunately he was not enough to save this lazy, milk toast Christmas movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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Mary Romero is a serious journalist who aspires to use her platform as an investigative TV producer to make the world a better place. The general manager of her struggling Chicago-based TV station, Hank, gives Mary an assignment as far removed from that goal as it gets: a puff piece for their biggest advertiser, Johnson Toys, commemorating the 40th anniversary of one of their signature toys that will air just before Christmas. Mary grudgingly leaves for the rural town of Brunswick, Iowa, which boasts having "The Holiday Spirit All Year Round" largely because Johnson Toys, the country's largest manufacturer of Christmas toys, provides hundreds of local jobs. She gets right to business and meets Johnson Toys' enthusiastic CEO Alton Johnson as well as his handsome son Blake, who is next in line to run the company but wants nothing to do with Mary's documentary, which he believes will only focus on their commercial success. After initially butting heads, Blake shows Mary around the Christmas-loving town and shares more about its rich history. The two begin warming to one another over dinner, a stroll down main street, and peppermint lattes.

Director: Jack C. Newell
Producer: John W. Bosher, Chris Charles
Screenwriter: Adam Rockoff
Distributor: Hulu
Production Co: ZAXIE, Very Merry Entertainment, Chicago Media Angels, Throughline Films
Genre: Holiday, Drama, Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2023
Runtime: 1h 26m

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