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Picture a Perfect Christmas

Picture a Perfect Christmas

Romance · TV Movie · Drama · 2019

An extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.

Movie details

Picture a Perfect Christmas

2019 Romance · TV Movie · Drama 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

An extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Picture a Perfect Christmas?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Paul Ziller

Written by

Tracy Andreen

Merritt Patterson

Merritt Patterson

Sophie Griffith

Jon Cor

Jon Cor

David Murphy

Kwesi Ameyaw

Kwesi Ameyaw

Ross Reeler

Anita Brown

Anita Brown

Jodi Hall

Terence Kelly

Terence Kelly

Simon Baylock

Toby Levins

Toby Levins

Brent Willoughby

Nicole Oliver

Nicole Oliver

Marissa Myers

Court is in session

Put Picture a Perfect Christmas 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.