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)The holiday season brings an onslaught of cheesy made-for-TV style Christmas movies. But the new Netflix film I Hate Christmas aims to shake up this formula. It follows perpetually single Gianna, a grumpy Grinch who despises Christmas and gets forced by her family into finding a holiday boyfriend. Laughs and mayhem ensue across her many cringe-worthy first dates leading up to December 25th.
Meet Grumpy Gianna - Not Your Average Holiday Heroine
At the center of this wacky tale is our protagonist Gianna, played energetically by Pilar Fogliati. She's an independent, 30-something nurse who is happily single and proud of it. But her well-meaning yet nosy family has other ideas in mind for her love life.
After being nagged yet again about being the only unmarried relative at Christmas dinner, an exasperated Gianna falsely claims she has a boyfriend she'll be bringing home for the holidays. Now Gianna must desperately find someone - anyone! - willing to pretend to be her fictional holiday beau before December 25th arrives.
What follows is a parade of catastrophically awkward first dates as unlucky-in-love Gianna searches for her Christmas prince. Fans of Bridget Jones' Diary will relate to her grumbling inner monologue as she suffers through bad meals, terrible gifts, and painfully stilted conversation. You can't help but root for cynical Gianna as she cringes her way through suitor after unsuitable suitor.
Flipping Those Tired Holiday Tropes
I Hate Christmas features all the usual trimmings you expect in a Christmas rom-com - picture-perfect snowy villages, cozy fireside gatherings, mistletoe kisses and more. But it manages to flip these stale cliches on their head just enough to keep things feeling fresh and fun.
Our curmudgeonly heroine Gianna is certainly no wide-eyed, Christmas-loving ingenue. Her Grinchy inner Scrooge attitude cuts through the typical holiday movie sweetness like a sharp icicle. Yet her understandable plight still feels relatable rather than just bitter.
Just when it seems like our unlucky protagonist has finally met Mr. Right, the writers throw a wacky wrench into the story - we're talking literal fireworks, lost wallets, any zany disaster you can imagine. Gianna's legendary terrible luck keeps the plot twists coming and the comedy flowing.
By the cheerful final act, the formulaic fairytale ending typical of Christmas movies gets cleverly subverted. No picture-perfect proposal or romance novel airport reunion here. But Gianna still manages personal growth while staying true to her quirky spirit.
My Review - An Enjoyably Zany Holiday Romp
While far from cinema brilliance, I'd call I Hate Christmas a diverting, sugary rom-com treat. Gianna's prickly personality paired with her parade of oddball dates and mishaps keeps things amusingly unpredictable from start to finish.
The brisk pace clocks in at just under 2 hours - ideal for some festive background viewing during your holiday downtime. I appreciated exploring the universally relatable struggles Gianna faces surrounding family expectations, finding love, and surviving the commercialized chaos of Christmas as a single gal.
This anti-Christmas story balances its cynical bite with ample humor thanks to Gianna's lovably wacky support system. Those seeking a traditionally sweet as candy cane rom-com may leave disappointed. But as an antidote to tired holiday tropes, I found Gianna's iconoclastic adventures oddly endearing.
In the end, even the grumpiest Grinchy scrooge can't resist getting bitten a little by that contagious Christmas bug. For a fresh change of pace from cookie-cutter holiday fare, add I Hate Christmas to your seasonal watch list.
My Rating: 3 out of 5 Candy Canes
While unlikely to become a new classic, I'd give I Hate Christmas a solid 3 candy canes out of 5 for providing enough frothy fun to make a diverting rom-com treat. Like a weirdly satisfying peppermint or eggnog-flavored dessert you can't help but sample, this quirky anti-Christmas story is worth biting into for some holiday fun.
All in all, I Hate Christmas puts a humorously modern spin on worn-out holiday movie tropes. If you're seeking an offbeat break from the standard sentimental fare, add this zany and relatable rom-com to your holiday watch list!
All Images on this post are screenshots taken from the movie 'I Hate Christmas' on Netflix.
The poster image was gotten from IMDB
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I hadn't seen a movie about hating Christmas until this I saw this blog, I might going to check it.
Well, I haven't seen bridgite but I love this kind of plot, I was laughing because I was imagining the stories of the dates ha,ha,ha,ha.... I'm sure if I come across it, I'll watch it. Cheers.
One question: How do you make the letters in your title so beautiful?
I want to see this movies, exactly when I am done with this current one I am seeing
That would be good...Which one are you currently watching?
I finished two movies in a day, family switch and a catering Christmas. They are all interesting to watch too
It doesn't look like a very classical movie, but still can be interesting to watch!
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