The Christmas House

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The Christmas House

TV-G

2020

1h 24m

Holiday

Romance

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Working through some difficult decisions, a mother and father summon their two grown sons home for the holidays.

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Megan Garber

The Atlantic

Charming and wacky and, at moments, very funny. But it is also just a little bit radical.

Dec 18, 2021

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Alaina Leary

Bitch Media

The Christmas House goes out of its way not to other Brandon and Jake and instead focuses on who they are as characters... Where The Christmas House falls slightly short is in making Mike and his relationship with Andi the A story.

Dec 10, 2020

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Esme Mazzeo

Tell-Tale TV

The Christmas House proves that small details go a long way in telling a Christmas romance story, and hopefully, this is just the first step of many where representation is concerned.

Rated: 4.25/5

Nov 23, 2020

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Brett White

Decider

The movie is a delight through and through, and-as if that's not enough-it's one that will actually change the world for the better.

Nov 23, 2020

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Jack T

This is why people hate Hallmark movies. An ambitious actor comes home to his small town (in this case, posh Rhinebeck NY) and realizes that everything he ever wanted is the girl next door. Lame script, hammy acting, charming message.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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Peter K

Pure schmaltz . . . a thoroughly predictable tearjerker!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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Marie L

Turned it off within 5 minutes. No thank you.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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PridePosterStudios

Not sure about tolerating TWO heterosexual couples around the dinner table, but I suppose it is Christmas…

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/25/24

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John B

I thought it was good Christmas movie overall with some different storylines happening at the same time, not all of them good, but still interesting. It was also nice to see how some of these people that build a Christmas House like the Griswolds have to plan out months in advance.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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r 9

Almost passable, but not quite. 'The Christmas House' is cheesy and the actual plot is lame, I do appreciate the additional bit of depth to the story though - admittedly that's relatively-speaking as it's still a Hallmark movie, but there's slightly more to it than is usual for a festive flick of this sort. There is some same-sex couple representation, which is definitely something you don't usually get with these films, so minor (belated, after all) props for that. As for the cast, they bring what's required. I watched Treat Williams in 'Rocky Mountain Christmas' last year and found him to be the standout, he's solid again - helped by a better cast around him here. Robert Buckley and Ana Ayora are decent, as are Sharon Lawrence and Jonathan Bennett. I'm always intrigued when these television films get a sequel, so I'm up for checking out 'The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls' - even if I'm not expecting much from it, naturally.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Michael Grossman

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Robert Buckley

Mike Mitchell

Ana Ayora

Andi

Treat Williams

Bill

Sharon Lawrence

Phylis

Jonathan Bennett

Brandon Mitchell

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Synopsis

Working through some difficult decisions, a mother and father summon their two grown sons home for the holidays.

Director: Michael Grossman
Producer: Charles Cooper
Screenwriter: Erin Rodman, Robert Buckley, Jonathan Bennett
Production Co: Front Street Pictures, Crown Media Holdings
Rating: TV-G
Genre: Holiday, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2020
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: HDTV

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