What an impossibly sweet and wonderful movie!
Isn't it nice to see a film, a Christmas one particularly, which is just full of characters who love each other and get on? Isn't it nice to see a gay film which isn't about trauma or where coming out is the major plot point? This is a sweet and tender movie about love - of the unconditional love of family and the uncertainties of romantic passions. I have to admit I didn't…
For two hours I felt nothing. Anger, sadness, joy, mirth - not a thing. Like brushing your teeth is a neutral act, I felt nothing. It wasnt until a character locked a door and another character said "he locked the door", did I experience a single emotion. Once I laughed, the levees broke and I began to feel again, though sadly what I experienced was crushing boredom. This was a film with nothing to say or characters to engage with.…
Whenever you see some tragedy reported on social media, say a refugee drowning at a border, there'll always be at least one reply which is simply a cry laugh emoji or two. That was this film.
