Happiest Season (2020)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Abby, Harper's girlfriend	Kristen Stewart	½
Harper, Abby's girlfriend	Mackenzie Davis
Sloane, Harper's eldest sister	Alison Brie
Riley Johnson, Harper's ex-girlfriend	Aubrey Plaza
John, Abby's best friend	Dan Levy
Jane, Harper's middle sister	Mary Holland
Ted, Harper's father	Victor Garber	½
Tipper, Harper's mother	Mary Steenburgen	½

Review

This film by director and co-writer Clea DuVall has a fun premise: A 20-something woman living in the city (Mackenzie Davis) invites her girlfriend (Kristen Stewart) to spend Christmas with the former's family, not telling her that her parents and sisters not only know nothing about their relationship, but also don't know that they're gay. The stage is set for all sorts of funny and perhaps profound situations. But although it starts out quite promisingly, Happiest Season fails to present much new material, evoke very many laughs, or find any depth in its characters. Despite its seemingly progressive nature, the film is surprisingly conventional, especially during a painfully trite finale. Kristen Stewart is well cast, but doesn't get enough to work with. The film's breakout performers are Dan Levy as Stewart's friend and Mary Holland as the family's bumbling middle sister.