It is essentially the most fantastic – and, arguably, healthful – time of the 12 months. The festive season, and the Christmas movies that include it, oftentimes function cosiness, glowing decorations, the serving of copious quantities of meals and mulled wine, a contact of schmaltzy romance. It additionally gives an opportunity to mirror on the 12 months, or to vanish right into a Santa-sponsored type of escapism from the calls for of contemporary life if we so select.
So all these Christmassy traditions apart, why have the 2024 choices of latest Christmas movies been so, effectively, attractive? First Netflix dropped The Merry Gents, starring Noughties teen pin-up Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson, which transports us to the world of a struggling small-town music venue that must be saved (up to now, so festive Christmas story), by the use of an “all-male, Christmas-themed revue”. Cue the topless males (together with Chad) donning fireman hats and high-vis jackets and making a girating efficiency to save lots of the venue. Very Magic Mike vibes, by the use of Christmas cheer.
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Subsequent up, we have now Sizzling Frosty, a narrative of lonely widow Kathy (performed by Imply Women‘ Gretchen, Lacey Chabert) who finds consolation in a good-looking (once more, initially topless) male stranger, who seems to be a snowman dropped at life. Identical to in The Merry Gents, there’s suggestion of a romantic storyline between the 2 leads, as Jack (credited as Jack Snowman on IMDB and performed by Schitt’s Creek star Dustin Milligan) helps Kathy to search out love and connection once more after the lack of her husband. Once more, up to now so festive Christmas story. However Sizzling Frosty is distinctively, and confrontingly, attractive – significantly once we see Milligan’s Snowman run round city along with his rippling abs and weapons on present. It is comical, but in addition undeniably attractive.
Sizzling Frosty was additionally (maybe not surprisingly) significantly well-liked with audiences, sitting for per week on the primary film place on Netflix, suggesting that we’re actually attractive for these type of tales.