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By Lwftw (1) on 25 Nov 2020

Better than I expected, Kristen Stewart's best performance yet, not that that's saying much…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 24 Nov 2020

Everyone in the movie is excellent, everyone is tonally spot-on, and no one has a single bad moment – which is another way of saying that…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 24 Nov 2020

Tonally, Happiest Season is a bit uneven; it can move from broad hijinks to high emotion a little too quickly…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Nov 2020

The conventionality of Happiest Season might be the most radical thing about it…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Nov 2020

Writer-director DuVall is a talented filmmaker and she keeps the mostly superficial story humming along at an entertaining pace, and the cast…

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By Molly Freeman (149) for Screen Rant (892) on 23 Nov 2020

Happiest Season is a cheesy, fun and heartfelt romantic comedy, with a sweetly genuine queer love story at the center of this holiday tale…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Nov 2020

Happiest Season” isn’t full-on farce; it’s lower-key, and runs into trouble only when the script contends with confessional monologues…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 21 Nov 2020

The film is cheeky and blithe and situational, suffused with enough upscale Christmas froth to get the audience high on spiced-cocktail fumes…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 19 Nov 2020

While some viewers may find the use of the closet and societal homophobia too heavy for this breezy story, there’s a case to be made that…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 19 Nov 2020

There are enough surprising one-liners and asides to make this romantic comedy actually funny, rather than something to mildly chuckle at on…

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By Josh Spiegel (148) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 19 Nov 2020

Though this film is more complicated than the now-standard holiday fare you could find on Hallmark or Netflix, Happiest Season is also charming,…

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By Ella Kemp (95) for Empire (3,446) on 19 Nov 2020

An ode to impossible expectations, pride, bravery and loyalty, Happiest Season wraps up everything you could want for Christmas in a neat,…

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By Christina Cauterucci (1) for Slate (2,081) on 19 Nov 2020

For all the familiar joys and comforts this holiday movie provides—maximally decorated homes, Christmas carols, a slapstick scene at a skating…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 19 Nov 2020

Given DuVall's background as an actor it's unsurprising she draws such engaging work from her cast, with tasty individual characterizations,…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 19 Nov 2020

Happiest Season exists within well-worn framework but still feels fresh, a sprightly and substantial comedy that will be an immediate addition…

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By Orla Smith (19) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 19 Nov 2020

Great rom-coms can circumvent flaws if they deliver on the joy, the cosiness, and the chemistry, and DuVall’s film offers a generous helping…

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By Pat Brown (171) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Nov 2020

The film translates the often difficult realities of a specific kind of marginalized love into a story with broad appeal…

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By Caroline Siede (75) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Nov 2020

It’s possible to imagine a much more risk-taking movie than the one DuVall has made…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 19 Nov 2020

Finally, a big and shiny studio-backed holiday movie targeted to queer audiences that is just as sappy, cheesy and predictable as the many…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 19 Nov 2020

Actress turned writer-director Clea Duvall (“The Intervention”) and comic actress turned first-time co-writer Mary Holland made something…

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