A New York Christmas Wedding

TV Movie
2020
TV-MA
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Chris Noth, Adriana DeMeo, Cooper Koch, Nia Fairweather, and Otoja Abit in A New York Christmas Wedding (2020)

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Holiday Romance Drama Romance

As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 nominations total

Trivia
Final film for Chris Trousdale who died in June 2020 of complications of Covid-19.

Quotes
Jennifer Ortiz, Azrael Gabison: Love Deeply. Trust Your Heart. And Be Brave

Connections
References Scarface (1983)

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Morality Play rather than Rom-Com despite the title

More morality play than holiday romance, with the moral of the story being clearly stated more than once:

Love Deeply. Trust Your Heart. Be Brave.

This quiet film takes a predictable movie trope - the angel offering a do-over - and unfolds one woman's complex journey to peace with her past and her developing understanding of love. While not a deep examination of the shifting cultural landscape, it offers an overview of the Catholic Church's fraught relationship to LGBTQ+ individuals and same-sex marriage.

The acting is uneven with sublime moments, somewhat like the settings. The music is pretty fine. The writing was decent although not brilliant.

The title and cover should be different since chirpy happy rom-coms have a lock 'Christmas Wedding' tropes and the reviews no doubt suffer from not delivering what the Netflix viewer expected from the title & the smiling faces on the advertising.

For me this is a solid 6/10 but then I'm not challenged by any of the tropes, being not Catholic nor bothered by any consenting adult's sexual identity or expression.