A Merry Little Ex-Mas

A melodrama with mood — not event-driven, but emotional. What matters isn't what happens, but how the characters experience it. The director understands this.

The chemistry between the leads works — which is what matters for the genre. Dialogue is occasionally banal, but the overall feeling is warm and honest. The ending is exactly what it should be.

Works for fans of warm stories and right endings. Cynics can watch something else.