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I may not agree with this review of the movie BUT I must say, it's a very well put review and shows the 'other's side of the spectrum of opinions.

I see what you are saying. When I saw the trailer I turned to my husband and said WE HAVE TO SEE THAT! Not bc it was a movie that I expected to give me Holiday Cheer, but bc the trailer showed exactly what my life was like. Same type of family, same 'hot mess' of a life that was directly reflecting my upbringing and the poor choices I made out of being labeled a black Sheep but had a needy parent that loved one minute and loathed me the next....its exactly how my husband won me over (no does mean no.... but some of us say no to everything bc we are a bit jilted from life and we do take a bit of time to crack our surface of avoiding people and relationships), chronic or mental illness effect all aspects of life.

Basically what I am trying to say is, to answer your question..... the audience this movie was meant for the other hot messes, the people who only know disfunction from family, for those who expect toxic so they dont avidly fight it or go no contact w family bc they would be alone.... the ones that finally had enough a d changed once they finally found themselves and chose a different life. Those that cant keep a schedule, those who are consistently late for everything, exhausted from existing...Etc

But for those who did not live that life, that know their boundaries and voice them to society and family, those whom 'normal' is not a foreign concept and expected in all they associate with.... this movie will be awkward and hard to follow....

So where I would agree with you if I did not share these characteristics......I also have to disagree bc those of us who have never expected this to be a happy Christmas movie. We k we from the trailer this was about coping w what the holidays entail w lives like ours.

Great read. Thank you