But when Emma Lockhart ( Hayley Orrantia) finds out her dad (Dermot Mulroney) is dating her high school frenemy, Brandy ( Janel Parrish), and drop-kicks a light-up Santa across her office while screaming “Christmas is fucking cancelled,” I was sold. (Which is saying something here in 2021, with this entirely new sub-genre of queer Christmas movies.) For the first 15 minutes of Prime Video’s new festive film, I was kind of amused, and also grossed out. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All TimeĪs a rule-following golden child who has spent an entire lifetime trying to make my family proud and happy, there’s nothing quite as cathartic as watching a fictional golden child go absolutely berserk - which is why Christmas Is Canceled has rocketed up my Favorite Holigay Movies list for the year.
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