Film

Falling for Christmas

Name: Falling for Christmas
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Family
Released: 2022
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, Jack Wagner, Olivia Perez

Romantic comedy
Light-hearted

A lightweight Christmas rom-com where an amnesiac hotel heiress lands in the care of a working-class lodge owner. It's comfort-watch material—warm, broadly comic, unambitious. Made for people who want their holiday viewing frictionless and their emotions unchallenged. If you need to knit while something plays, this is it.

TMDb rating

3.1

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