Movie #1832 "Holiday Date" =-- this one I thought had a great opening --- yes, it was typical in that she loses her boyfriend before going home for christmas to introduce her family to him, and her friends convince her to take actor Joel to play her boyfriend Ethan. Joel is up for a big part but he has only been a big city person, so he wants to do some research in a small town --- seems just a bit stretched, but it was funny because Joel is supposed to be "Mr Christmas" but because his folks were always away at a the holidays (they are both actors, as well) he knows nothing about it and to make matters worse ---- HE IS JEWISH! When he finally can't pretend to be all knowledgeable about Christmas, he finally tells them he is jewish --- then the film shifts a bit and instructs the viewer on what kind of celebrating jews do during Christmas time.
But shortly after that, it starts to get silly --- it's because they run out of things for this family to do --- there's a secondary story about a community theatre play that loses its lead star and bet you can't guess who could step in for that! The architect Ethan! (who is really the actor Joel, in case you weren't paying attention earlier. Through this whole thing, the guy works his butt off to get this convoluted plot across, and that wouldn't be bad if the girl were more likable and less of a cold fish. I'd give this 3.5 out of 5. It was hot and cold to me.
"HOLIDAY DATE" 2019 1 hour and 30 mins
After a woman's boyfriend breaks up with her right before the holidays, she agrees to go home with an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.
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