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Anaise Reina  

Ms.Katie 

Composition 1 

October 7,2021 

“Happiest Season,” New favorite holiday movie? 

The movie Happiest Season is a rom com about two lesbian lovers named Harper and Abby. Harper tries to get Abby to love Christmas just as much as she does. So, to get her in the Christmas spirit, she invites Abby to spend the holiday with her family. There were, however, many complications during what was supposed to be this lovely holiday vacation. Family arguments broke out, secrets were told, and people grew apart and some people even grew closer. This movie was released November 25,2020 and was directed by Clea DuVall.  

DuVall did a wonderful job keeping the audience on their feet. Throughout the movie, there are a lot of plot twists and turns that I was not expecting. But it was not a dramatic amount of change that had will have you confused the whole time. It’s a change you could keep up with. The movie starts off with a minor problem of Abby not loving the idea of Christmas. To try and solve that problem, a bigger problem arises; that being that harper had not come out to her parents yet. Eventually that turned into jealousy issues with harpers ex-boyfriend arriving and her acting like a completely different person. One of harpers sisters threatens to make her come out to them when she sees them kiss but, on her way, to do that we see that she is having family issues of her own. The problems all escalated in the perfect way. I think that by making problem after problem the audience did not know what to expect and that is one of the many things that made this movie entertaining. No one wants to watch a movie where the problems are predictable.  

Another great aspect of the movie is the effectiveness or relatability/emotional depth of the characters. During the movie there are a lot of changes in mood either between certain characters or within one character alone. I feel DuVall does the best at this regarding the character, Harper. Throughout the movie, she has an inner battle with the decision of coming out to her family who is conservative while trying to maintain the relationship she has with her girlfriend Abby. Being around different people, she would act separate ways. By this I mean, around her parents and other family members, she would not show affection towards Abby. However, when they are out by themselves or alone in general, she shows her love, tells her she loves her, kisses her etc.  

 A script of a movie is the most important part. Without the script, there is no movie. DuVall did a wonderful job of making the script interesting while allowing each character to be its own person. In some movies there are characters that are important and do not really play as much of a role as they should. In this movie, every character was equally important and honestly it made the movie great. We got to see everyone’s reaction to certain situations, and we also got to appreciate the personalities of those characters.  

That “Happiest Season” is a great holiday movie and movie and general. It is the type of movie that everyone can watch. Whether it be a balmy day in July or Christmas eve, this movie will make you laugh, cry, and make you go back to the kitchen for more popcorn.