One of the first things we learn about Abby (Kristen Stewart) in Happiest Season is that she's largely indifferent to Christmas — which means it doesn't take a genius to figure out she'll be at least somewhat on board with the holiday by the end of this holiday dramedy.
But the road that Happiest Season takes to get there is spiked with just enough melancholy and hardness to acknowledge the holidays aren't all soft and cozy good times, no matter what Hallmark might try to tell you. It is, in other words, a holiday movie that even a holiday skeptic like Abby might appreciate.
To be fair to Abby, she has her reasons for not loving the holiday, rooted in a tragic past. (Because as in basically all Christmas movies, a tragic past is the only reason anyone might not care for Christmas.) To be even fairer, she does try. It's in a burst of Yuletide joy that she accepts her girlfriend's spontaneous invitation to accompany her to her family's home for the holidays, Abby secretly figuring it'll be the perfect opportunity to pop the question. Read more...
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