A Beauty & the Beast Christmas

Really bad, yet couldn't stop watching. Words alone cannot describe how bad this is. If there was a half point rating that would have been too high.

This is parody, so everything is exaggerated and ridiculous. All the characters are likewise. It's obvious none of it is supposed to be taken seriously

For me, Christmas movies are like comfort food. I want warm and fuzzy. I don't want constant negativity and mean spirited selfish people. There's probably a place for it, but that's not for me. Fortunately, like all these movies, the animosity and meanness between the leads disappears almost instantly and with no discernable reason, except for an occasional defensive reaction by Ginger.

I can't say much about the acting except that everyone talks too fast.

There were some funny moments. For instance, the food fight. (I wonder if that was a parody on snow ball fights.)

After all the silliness, there is the usual kind of romance story.

There was a good idea but completely ruined during the action.

This movie charmed me from the first by how thoroughly the lead actors threw themselves into their ditzy roles. It's not always easy to 'play shallow' with total conviction but they nailed it. Even the slimy agent was note-perfect in this one.

As a look into the appearance-is-everything world of social media influencers - people who are famous for the image they manufacture online - the plot is only too credible.

The personal emotional & psychological costs associated with the superficial glam are very much visible here: obsession with appearance, alienation from self & loved ones, inability to trust in love that sees beyond the surface.

To manage all that while still being screamingly funny is a feat indeed. So, not a brilliant movie but a hilarious cut above many holiday comedies.

I actually loved this spoof offering highlighting the shallow world of social influencers and how ridiculous it is, where the unintelligent follow the 'gods' of social media; and how companies use the power of using people to advertise their products.

I was also fascinated by Donna Mills - if her eyebrows got any higher they would be part of her hairline ! and she could barely utter her lines because she couldn't move her mouth - hilarious !