Her best friend, and one of the key love interests, is also African-American, along with the comedic relief in the form of a Latinx third wheel in their relationship. But “The Holiday Calendar,” instead, has a mixed-race main character with a focus on her relationship with her African-American grandfather. Typically, holiday movies follow a predominantly white cast with the occasional person of color thrown in to achieve “diversity” and please a network representative. One of the shining characteristics of this movie, though, is the cast.
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The predictable nature of the way the movie ends, with Abby holing up in her room and ending up with her best friend, feels like leaving the Macy’s gift-wrapping station with everything neatly tied up. The movie comes to a climax when Abby loses her job, her best friend and her new relationship all in the span of two days.
Other than the inner turmoil of forcing the audience to choose between two great guys, there isn’t a lot to “The Holiday Calendar.” But this lack of depth is the reason why people gravitate towards holiday movies in a time when family drama is high, and temperatures are low.ĭouble the love interests, though, means double the drama, and when Abby’s relationship with Ty gets in the way of her friendship with Josh, she’s forced to evaluate her life.
The first half of the movie is spent flitting between shots of Abby enjoying herself with her childhood friend Josh (Quincy Brown, “Street”) and being swept off her feet by the too-perfect doctor Ty (Ethan Peck, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”). The movie’s two eligible bachelors allow “The Holiday Calendar” to explore the tried-and-true problems that come when a main character is ignorant to the fact that their best friend is in love with them. While the movie relies heavily on the reveal of what’s behind each little door, “The Holiday Calendar” makes good use of upbeat Christmas music and montages to establish Abby’s newfound relationship and the decline of her older friendship. Abby’s calendar influences her decisions and is the source of her major revelations, both about her life and her relationships. Netflix will release Walsh's The Holiday Calendar streaming exclusively starting November 2nd this fall.Magical intervention, indirect or direct, is typical of any holiday movie and “The Holiday Calendar” is no different. Produced by Brad Krevoy, Amy Krell and Amanda Phillips Atkins. The screenplay is written by Amyn Kaderali and Carrie Freedle.
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Walsh also graduated from NYU and has worked in TV for many years since his first film. Will this magical calendar lead her to love this holiday season? The Holiday Calendar is directed by American filmmaker Bradley Walsh, making his second feature film after Transplant in 1994 previously. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Bradley Walsh's The Holiday Calendar, direct from YouTube:Ī struggling but talented photographer (Kat Graham) stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future. This looks extra cheesy and almost too sweet and not at all like something any cinephiles will watch.
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The film also stars Quincy Brown, Ron Cephas Jones, Genelle Williams, Laura de Carteret, Ali Hassan, Romaine Waite, plus Ethan Peck. The film stars Kat Graham (from How It Ends, All Eyez on Me, and "The Vampire Diaries") as Abby Sutton, a talented but struggling photographer who inherits an antique advent calendar that may be predicting the future - and pointing her toward love. She should've brought her to me." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a charming, cute new holiday romance film titled The Holiday Calendar, formerly known as Christmas Calendar until Netflix realized it would play better without specifically saying "Christmas". "Your grandmother was convinced it had magical powers.
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