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Not only is it a fun twist on the whole Santa structure

It also explores the Claus family dynamic in a way that felt real

Steve the oldest son is the most competent Santa there’s ever been. He basically runs Christmas for his father Malcolm aka Santa. He dreams of taking over the Santa position.

Malcolm is a nice dad who just can’t let go of the Santa title (even if he’s just become a Christmas mascot rather than the actual person in charge)

Arthur is the youngest and most festive of the bunch. He spends his time reading children’s letters and wants every child to feel included.

Gran Santa Malcolm’s father and the previous Santa is a man obsessed with his glory days. He drags Arthur out just so he can prove to his son and grandson that he’s still a competent Santa.

Watching Steve stress over making everything perfect is so older sibling of him. He is on paper the “perfect” Santa. Sadly this hasn’t helped his relationship with any of the men in his family and he developed an inferiority complex from years of little to no recognition from his father.

Malcolm in his defense is not a bad person just very clueless to how his actions effect those around him. He wants to hold on to the Santa title so much that he doesn’t realize he’s hurting his own son

Not to mention being busy as Santa for years made him a pretty absent parent to both Steve and Arthur.

Grand Santa holds a deep resentment to the new way of doing things. So much so that he recklessly drags his grandson out just to prove he’s still got it. His actions endanger everyone around him and almost got them killed multiple times.

Arthur is a clumsy but determined guy. He faces ridicule from everyone around him especially when compared to his big brother Steve. He knows what others say and think about him yet he keeps a positive attitude no matter what.

This movie is sweet and entertaining the whole way through. All the main characters are flawed in their own way but they’re still good at heart.

“Your incompetence is why I must stay alive”

Since I’ve been hearing so many mixed reviews I had to see this movie for myself

🚨***CAUTION SPOILERS ***🚨

I watched the trailer when it was released and like most people I was really questioning the animation BUT I tried to keep an open mind

I also wasn’t sure exactly what the plot was aside from “Evil king is greedy on who’s wishes get grant”

ALRIGHT ON TO THE REVIEW

THIS FUCKIN MOVIE

It was just as fun as the first and the characters were bigger and better

Was really worried they’d make Buster into some controlling uncaring manager type but he’s just as nice and optimistic as ever

Ash is off doing her own thing and guess what?? HER FRIENDS ALL SUPPORT HER

Johnny’s still hot (I said what is said) and it was nice to see how he dealt w his anxiety about the show

Rosita has her own struggles to go through but I’m glad to see her husband has stepped up and supports her 100%

Gunther my star finally got his own story, his role was pretty small in the first one so I’m glad he plays more of a role in this

Mrs. Crowley proves once again she is the BEST assistant ever

Meena is so cute in this !! She’s much more confident in herself but still has nerves when it comes to new ppl

She got a boyfriend this time and it’s so sweet how nervous she was even though she’s amazing, also appreciated that her whole story didn’t revolve around him and she didn’t have some “Omg with his support I can be confident and overcome anything !”

NOPE, she overcame her fears her own way then decided you know what ? I wanna go out w him

There’s so many new characters in this one and I can’t describe all of them but they all add something to the story and mesh well w the original group

Nana is also their biggest fangirl and actually motivates buster

The BEST part though has to be the interactions between the characters, you can see this time around that they all care about each other and know there’s always someone there who’s got their back

***SPOILERS***

I had heard a lot about this movie

Some said it was great and others said it was horrible so I tried to keep an open mind

Overall I felt it was just…Meh

The beginning seemed promising enough with the little meet cute they had

But after that it quickly falls flat

When the characters Bea and Ben meet again they can’t stand each other

And while I love the enemy-to-lovers trope this just felt so fake

The characters are supposed to be annoyed and make snarky comments to each other which this movie did do

But it was to much. Bea and Ben would be standing there dissing each other for 5 minutes. It felt like they were two kids telling jokes on a playground more than people who actually hate each other

And their whole problem didn’t make sense?

Ben was mad that Bea left before he got up and Beas mad Ben was talking bad about her

Which can be a genuine communication error except Bea knows Claudia, Bens friend, and has told her what happened

And Ben has obviously told Claudia his side so why hasn’t this issue been cleared up by the wedding?

Yes by the time they meet again Bea is already engaged but still clearing the air wouldn’t be that hard?

Anyways Claudia and Beas sister are getting married so Bea and Ben are both invited to the wedding

Leads to a lot of the cheesy and overdone snarking

Claudia’s parents come up with the idea of getting Bea and Ben together so that they can avoid any fighting at the wedding

Beas parents also invite her ex fiancé and Claudia invites her cousin who broke Bens heart

Bea and Ben catch wind of the set up and decide to just pretend to be together to make life easier

This leads to typical fake dating antics but honestly I didn’t find myself rooting for it at all

I knew they’d end up together but I didn’t really care to see how

The leads Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell just didn’t seem interesting. I didn’t buy the “hate” so when they do get together it’s not really a big deal

Oh they really do love each other, cool.

Even the comedic relief best friend wasn’t all that funny

The best parts of the movie had to be the Australian duo and Alexandra Shipp as Claudia

I’ll be honest I didn’t have high hope for this one and I was still disappointed

The plot sounded funny enough

Girls insufferable boss starts dating her mom

I can see how that’ll lead to funny situations, yet I wasn’t laughing at all

Joey King plays Zara a twenty something assistant living in LA with her mom Brooke (Nicole Kidman)

Zara works for Chris (Zac Efron) a movie star. He’s whiny needy and makes her life hell

Somehow he ends up at Zara’s moms house where he meets Brooke

They quickly hit it off and Zara catches them making out in her moms room

She’s obviously upset tells him to leave and talks to her mom about it. Chris offers her an assistant producer position and promises to not be involved with her mom

It’s a lie and Chris and Brooke continue seeing each other behind Zara’s back

Brooke also helps write a new script for Chris’s movie

Stuff happens Chris and Brooke breakup Zara has a change of heart and gets them back together, yay

Honestly it wasn’t good but I guess I’d seen worse

It just felt like none of the characters were likeable

Zara was whiny and self absorbed

Brooke was this renowned writer, smart, well traveled. Perfect.

Chris was whiny, arrogant, and obnoxious

The fact that I’m supposed to believe that Brooke ended up with someone like him was a little confusing

Especially given how much she’s probably heard from her daughter about him

It would be one thing if he was just cold and strict but to be so childish and needy

Plus the chemistry was seriously lacking

Their little cute date montage felt more awkward than romantic

It was like watching two people with nothing in common forced to hang out

The thing that was bothering me the most was the way he kept commenting on Brooke’s looks “No way you have a 20 year old daughter, you’re way to young”

I love Nicole Kidman but her face was smoothed out like crazy in certain scenes

Not a single line in sight on her face

She looks good for her age but the constant “Woah look at how unbelievably young she looks” just brought attention to the over editing and the fact that she isn’t emoting the way she has before

Everyone was just annoying or eh so I really didn’t feel like I could miss anything important

This interaction in particular came out of nowhere. I mean It’s a comedy movie so I thought this would lead to some random funny line but really it was this beautiful moment between women.

I also applaud Margot Robbie’s acting

The way her expressions go from Stereotypical Barbie to devastated was so real. The little “Oh.” she gave when she realized the girls didn’t like her was heartbreaking.

The movie was an amazing uplifting experience and even though Barbie wasn’t really my thing I’m glad I got the chance to go see it.

***SPOILERS***

After Knives out 2 came out on Netflix I wanted to see another whodunit type movie and settled on this one

And I’ve gotta say this one was very very BORING

I mean it starts off simple enough. The elder daughter goes to visit her parents and when she gets there dad gets murdered

Those in the house are The mother, the grandmother, older sister, younger sister, maternal aunt, the maid, and the mistress

Secrets come out and everyone’s a suspect yada yada

Sitting through the movie I just couldn’t find myself caring for any of the characters

They were all so bland

I mean sure the aunt and grandma had their funny moments but everyone else was just there

Anytime something happened everyone just stood around talking about how shocking it was

And there was no investigating at all? One of them says something and they just accept it without question

“Oh the murderer is trying to frame us” then they just lounge around the house

There are moments that were supposed to be dramatic reveals but they never landed

Then they randomly have a scene where the mother smashes a glass over the grandmother’s head and puts her in a closet?? Which could’ve been really funny but just felt out of place and random

In the end it’s revealed the the younger sister and the father made a plan to stage the fathers murder so he could hear what the rest of the women thought about him

How ever they react would determine what they would get in his will

But before the father can make it to the notary he falls off the balcony and dies

So then the movie just ends?

That’s it

Besides some snippets of the characters taking and the end credits there was nothing

So 1 hr and 41 mins for nothing

It’s essentially a movie about these 6 women talking about this dead guy, with occasional suspenseful music