For the Love of Christmas

For the Love of Christmas (2022) is a movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows Rashad who is a teacher on the verge of signing a book deal and his career taking off. He is also engaged and believes his personal life is where it needs to be also. However, his best friend doesn't like his fiancée and believes she is up to something. Rashad will try to balance his relationship with his wife and best friend...thing get more challenging on this front when his wife plans their wedding on Christmas day.

This movie is written and directed by Karlton T. Clay (Sweet Mahogany) and stars Donald Ross Jr. (Ladies Choice), Kiara C. Bennett (Forbidden Fruit: First Bite), Nakia Burrise (Hart of Dixie), Aaron Wiggins (Deadly Sexy) and Frank FaCheaux (Sweet Mahogany 2).

Well, this movie has a nice soundtrack...and this had a potential worthwhile premise. However, the acting and dialogue is very average and many of the sequences felt awkward and unnatural. All of the interactions between the fiancée and friend felt unnatural. There's a sex scene in here that was hilarious and had me cracking up. The ending is predictable, cliche; and again, felt unauthentic.

Overall, this is a below average addition to the holiday genre that's only worth watching if you can't find a better alternative. I would score a 3/10 and recommend skipping.