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  • 2023
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2023
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can’t possibly be that perfect. [Netflix]

Directed By: Mary Lambert

Written By: Todd Calgi Gallicano, Charles Shyer

  • 2023
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2023
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 22 m

Best. Christmas. Ever.

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
34
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can’t possibly be that perfect. [Netflix]

Directed By: Mary Lambert

Written By: Todd Calgi Gallicano, Charles Shyer

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70
Nov 16, 2023
Lambert and screenwriters Todd Calgi Gallicano and Charles Shyer turn in a multi-faceted tale that blessedly never devolves into a one-dimensional story about two competitive, smart women sniping at each other while their clueless families watch from the sidelines.
By Courtney Howard FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 16, 2023
Best. Christmas. Ever! is not the most splendiferous Christmas movie ever, but it will satisfy those hungry for new sentimental holiday movies every year.
By Ferdosa Abdi FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 16, 2023
At barely 80 minutes (and ending with a musical number from Brandy), Best. Christmas. Ever! resembles a television holiday special more than a feature film, and its plot follows the predictable Christmastime themes of love, acceptance, and being thankful for what you’ve got.
By Claire Shaffer FULL REVIEW
25
Nov 29, 2023
“Best.” is a tepid holiday tale that has little to do with Christmas save for skewering that humbragging tradition, the family “Christmas Letter,” in which we boast about our year and play up the achievements of our kids and try not to sound like we’re over-selling them and us.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
25
Nov 17, 2023
There’s a weepy turn in the sentimental third act, and why not? Nothing else was working.
By Bob Strauss FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 16, 2023
At less than 80 minutes, it’s barely even a movie, more one long montage of bits that never run on long enough to be defined as scenes.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
Release Date Nov 16, 2023
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline Make Amends With Old Friends
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81416268/
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