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Falling for Christmas

Falling for Christmas

Romance · Comedy · Family · 2022

An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.

Movie details

Falling for Christmas

“This holiday season, fall for the unexpected.”

2022 Romance · Comedy · Family 1h 35m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Janeen Damian

Written by

Jeff Bonnett · Ron Oliver

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

Sierra Belmont

Chord Overstreet

Chord Overstreet

Jake Russell

George Young

George Young

Tad Fairchild

Jack Wagner

Jack Wagner

Beauregard Belmont

Olivia Perez

Olivia Perez

Avy

Alejandra Flores

Alejandra Flores

Alejandra Carlisle

Sean J. Dillingham

Sean J. Dillingham

Ralph

Court is in session

Put Falling for 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.