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Jolly Good Christmas

Jolly Good Christmas

TV Movie · Comedy · Romance · 2022

David is an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be his boss’s daughter – a thoughtful present so he resorts to buying her a somewhat uninspired gift card.

Movie details

Jolly Good Christmas

“One day is all it takes to change your life.”

2022 TV Movie · Comedy · Romance 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

David is an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be his boss’s daughter – a thoughtful present so he resorts to buying her a somewhat uninspired gift card.

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

Jonathan Wright

Written by

Ron Oliver

Will Kemp

Will Kemp

David Burnside

Reshma Shetty

Reshma Shetty

Anji Patel

Callum Blue

Callum Blue

Callum

Suzi McLaughlin

Suzi McLaughlin

Nalini

James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Simon

Sophie Hopkins

Sophie Hopkins

Charlotte

Amerjit Deu

Amerjit Deu

Sirish

Court is in session

Put Jolly Good 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.