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The Holiday Calendar

The Holiday Calendar

Romance · Comedy · Family · 2018

A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future -- and pointing her toward love.

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The Holiday Calendar

2018 Romance · Comedy · Family 1h 34m

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6.6 / 10

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A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future -- and pointing her toward love.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Bradley Walsh

Written by

Amyn Kaderali

Kat Graham

Kat Graham

Abby Sutton

Quincy Brown

Quincy Brown

Josh Barton

Ethan Peck

Ethan Peck

Ty Walker

Ron Cephas Jones

Ron Cephas Jones

Gramps

Genelle Williams

Genelle Williams

Sarah Sutton

Laura de Carteret

Laura de Carteret

Judy Sutton

Kevin Hanchard

Kevin Hanchard

Rudolph Sutton

Court is in session

Put The Holiday Calendar on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.