Best. Christmas. Ever!

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Best. Christmas. Ever!

2023

1h 20m

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Comedy

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Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie's snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can't possibly be that perfect.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Nov 27, 2023

1.5/4

More of a holiday concept than legit film, Netflix’s flimsy and phony offering flounders around and strands Heather Graham and pop singer/actor Brandy Norwood, not to mention Jason Biggs and Matt Cedeno, in the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal.

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Courtney Howard

Variety

Nov 16, 2023

Its absurdist lunacy acts as a Trojan Horse containing genuinely meaningful sentiments on forgiveness, happiness and bittersweet sorrows — universalities people tend to reflect on as their year comes to a close.

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Claire Shaffer

New York Times

Nov 16, 2023

“Best. Christmas. Ever!” resembles a television holiday special more than a feature film, and its plot follows the predictable Christmastime themes of love, acceptance, and being thankful for what you’ve got.

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Alison Gillmor

Winnipeg Free Press

Dec 20, 2023

What follows is standard Christmas-movie fare: a town-square nativity pageant, a couple of precocious kids and some eggnog-sweet lessons about love and friendship, all marred by an uncomfortable and abrupt tonal shift.

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Jeanine T. Abraham

VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium)

Dec 13, 2023

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Watch Best. Christmas. Ever! if you want to waste a bit of your precious life.

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Maddy Casale

Decider

Nov 29, 2023

For all of its joys, the holiday season can be a time of comparison, envy, and heartache, and Best. Christmas. Ever! portrays that in a really thought-provoking and realistic way as it reminds us that no life or person is as perfect as it may seem.

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J F

@RT85231765 Nov 25, 2025

Worst movie ever. Heather Graham was awful! What happened? Her acting was off and terrible the entire time. She had no clue how to act her character. Brandy was a lil better. Not much tho. Just so disappointing. I expected a fun movie with real actors and it was worse than any bad Hallmark. Im not sure where her ability to actually act went but it was completely gone here.

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Remi C

@Remitherat Jan 5, 2025

The worst movie u have ever seen. I did enjoy making fun of it though.

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rainbowhuman6 T

@RT71420481 Jan 1, 2025

Mid Movie Not great, not bad. Felt like I blacked out, at the end of the movie I was like what happened? Watched it with my family and they usually like these kinds of movies but they thought this movie was only okay. Good for background noise, would not recommend if you want to get actually invested in the movie.

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Jovi J

@Jovithecritic Dec 31, 2024

What is this why is this when did this where did this mess of cheesiness arrive to are planet please do not watch this if you are human. If there is one thing I love doing it’s watching Christmas movies during the holiday season. They said this movie was extremely entertaining enjoyable and exciting the only exciting part is waiting for the movie to end this movie needs to be erased from the world get it away from humanity even aliens are scared of this movie now and why is there a fake Adam sandlar do not watch this ever like Evers seriously you are going to pass away as soon as the movie turns on ……… this movie is absolutely garbage nobody wants to watch it ever not even if you think the trailers were good the movie was not🥺🤬🤬🤬

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fat E

@RT37254116 Dec 29, 2024

One,you guys are weird. It’s Christmas,it’s supposed to be lighthearted and cringe and cliche. Gosh. Enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. Nothing I didn’t expect

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Ray G

@RT06527132 Dec 25, 2024

Do not watch. This is terrible on all aspects

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Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie's snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can't possibly be that perfect.

Director: Mary Lambert
Producer: Charles Shyer
Screenwriter: Todd Calgi Gallicano, Charles Shyer
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
Genre: Holiday, Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 16, 2023
Runtime: 1h 20m

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