EndeavoursGirl Review of Cup of Cheer

Cup of Cheer (2020)

Wish it could be a satirical Halmark Christmas movie

[4/10 · 30 November 2020]

But it's not. I had heard a review for this on the radio and thought the satirical movie was most it could be. And yes, I ignored what the reviewer said about bathroom humor. Note, I never did like or watch the 90s or even 80s, bathroom/sex humor movies... a la Saturday Nigh Live comedy. This movie has everything, and the only 4 star part of it I liked was it's hilarious take on Hallmark. I wish it had just stayed in that direction. But it introduced many characters or humor that had no reason or explanation to be there? Spoiler: Why is the ex and his husband/boyfriend(?) looking like they came right out of a 90s movie. Why is the British guy from the past here? I get it's a take on Kate/Leopold movies, but there's no large reason in the plot, for him to be here. Why does the grandma have such awful, bad, wash-my-ears-out-with-soap humor? I just wish the writer or director or whomever had just stayed on track with one style of humor instead of jumping around. And yes, this does feel Canadian campy in a bathroom humor meets Hallmark way. At Christmas. With enough people saying Cocoa you'll never want it again.