The App That Stole Christmas

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.

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.

Running at just over an hour, this is more a TV special than a movie.

It has the right intentions (presence not presents) but it fails in its execution!

The acting, writing and story as a whole are very sub-par and with the dominance of the soundtrack feels more like a vehicle to promote/ sell the music.

I'd wait until you have seen every other film on your streaming service before you watch this.

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.

This is almost the worst movie ever. I don't know where to begin, the acting is shocking. Although the story line has a good meaning it just wasn't delivered well at all and even though the lesson is obvious, the movie didn't teach it well. This movie is so bad it made me write this review, which is my 1st ever IMBD review.