The App That Stole Christmas

Horrible acting, super short and didn't make any sense at all. Netflix should do us all a favor and remove it from their service.

Felt like something we'd make in high school media class. Bad acting, bad script, good camerawork and quality. Had no idea what was going on half the time. Turned it off in favour of the entire family.

It's been over 12 hours since I've watched this movie and I'm still just as confused as I was when I first turned it on. The plot is scattered and there's a lot of scenes that didn't really need to be there. The movie is 63 minutes long, and they have unnecessary scenes. I think that speaks for itself.

The actors weren't bad. Santa made me audibly laugh a couple of times, and Ellen and Ben did great (even though a lot of their lines were awkwardly written). I love the black representation within the cast too, we love to see it.

Buttttt like I said, a lot of the skit was awkward. At one point, the kid says something like "I connected with my friends on the TikTok app", and, I'm sorry, but that's not how children talk. A lot of conversations felt forced and artificial, like the characters were bad NPCs or something. Also, they never explicitly say what the app is. Like, Felix orders Chinese food on it, Ben plays video games on it, you can get things shipped within *20 MINTUES???* on it? Did he create every app?? I don't even know!

Honestly, if someone asked me for a synopsis of this movie, I'd be stumped. It just feels like an fever dream. I'm sorry.

At an hour in length, it was 60 minutes too long.

You would get more enjoyment counting 3,600 seconds out loud in a pitch black room and have used your time better.

I regret watching this movie. It was too fast and nothing was explained. Missing a lot of context makes a movie terrible. Dont recommend.