If we're rating according to how well the movie accomplished its goals, I have to give this a rave review. Somehow Netflix noticed that people love watching bad holiday TV movies, so they made their own perfect versions, taking every gloriously terrible detail into account. The Holiday Calendar combines a ridiculous plot, adorably unrealistic characters, incredibly cheesy writing, over-the top scoring, and the perfect amount of cliche, both of the Christmas variety and of the bad movie variety. It's a perfected version of your average Hallmark movie, but without the soulless blonde leads. I have to take off one point because it's neither a "good" movie nor an official satire, but it certainly impressed me. Netflix understands TV watchers better than any television network.
Review of The Holiday Calendar
