That Christmas
Published December 27, 2024
Film info
- Title That Christmas
- Director Simon Otto
- Year 2024
- Run time 1hr 32m
- Genres Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
- Tagline However you celebrate, the holidays start on Netflix
It’s an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone’s plans — including Santa’s.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:30 | Are we calling him Sants now? |
| 2:29 | Yea, I’m going to need to know what happened to the rest of the reindeer. |
| 5:26 | “I love school plays.” “Said nobody ever.” |
| 10:38 | Yes Jodie Whittaker! Loving the post its. |
| 22:47 | The kid has made a suspicious wish to run the world… magic is going to happen, isn’t it. |
| 25:19 | “I really love paperclips, the Rolls Royce of holding things together.” |
| 32:42 | The Rhys Darby character is stealing the show. |
| 37:40 | Random Ed Sheeran song. |
| 43:52 | “Super Santa creativity required here.” |
| 57:29 | I do like this lonely teacher and pupil storyline. |
| 1:20:48 | These bonkers people who do a snowy swim! |
| 1:21:17 | “Happy hypothermia.” |
Thoughts
This is based on three books by Richard Curtis, so it makes sense that there are various strands that pull together to make on intertwined film. That’s the only similarity to Love Actually, though, really. Instead, we’re focused on a bunch of kids and adults from a snowy village who are separated on Christmas Day for various reasons and need to feel the festive season again to be reunited. It was good, didn’t blow me away, but it was cute. I really enjoyed Rhys Darby’s character and Jodie Whittaker should do more voice work, it felt so warm.
Rating: 3 / 5
