Name: The Christmas House
Genre: Romance, TV Movie
Released: 2020-11-22
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Robert Buckley, Ana Ayora, Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence, Jonathan Bennett

The Christmas House

Working through some difficult decisions, Mitchell family matriarch Phylis and patriarch Bill, have summoned their two grown sons – TV stars Mike Mitchell and Brandon Mitchell – home for the holidays. It is their hope that bringing the family together to recreate the Christmas house, will help them find resolution and make a memorable holiday for the entire family and community.

RomanceTV Movie

DirectorMichael Grossman

WritersErin Rodman, Robert Buckley

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateNovember 22, 2020

Runtime1h 25m

Budget$84

r96sk

@r96sk

December 7, 20226/10

Almost passable, but not quite. 'The Christmas House' is cheesy and the actual plot is lame, I do appreciate the additional bit of depth to the story though - admittedly that's relatively-speaking as it's still a Hallmark movie, but there's slightly more to it than is usual for a festive flick of this sort. There is some same-sex couple representation, which is definitely something you don't usually get with these films, so minor (belated, after all) props for that. As for the cast, they bring what's required. I watched Treat Williams in '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/rocky-mountain-christmas/" rel="nofollow">Rocky Mountain Christmas</a>' last year and found him to be the standout, he's solid again - helped by a better cast around him here. Robert Buckley and Ana Ayora are decent, as are Sharon Lawrence and Jonathan Bennett. I'm always intrigued when these television films get a sequel, so I'm up for checking out '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-christmas-house-2-deck-those-halls/" rel="nofollow">The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls</a>' - even if I'm not expecting much from it, naturally.