Falling for Christmas
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 10, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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70
Paste MagazineB.L. PantherNov 10, 2022
Falling for Christmas feels less like a genuine chance to give Lohan a due shot at a re-return to acting as it does like some executive’s opportunity to capitalize on millennial nostalgia. Read full review
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VarietyCourtney HowardNov 10, 2022
Its subversive spirit, female-forward smarts and sweet sentimentality remix the formulaic and festive, making all things merry and bright. Read full review
67
IndieWireSamantha BergesonNov 10, 2022
Lohan is just fine with self-deprecating quips at her expense and looking silly while getting messy by way of physical comedy involving toilets, raccoons, and the aforementioned ski accident. Lohan shines in these moments, and the blooper reel in the credits shows that shine even extended to the set. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesNov 10, 2022
It’s more like a reusable ribbon bow. It's not great. It's nothing special. But you can keep it year after year and place it on presents as long as you have scotch tap—or Lohan’s irrepressible charm—to hold it together. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayNov 29, 2022
The overall mood is warm and cheery, and Lohan brings a spontaneous sincerity to even the corniest scenes. The movie’s wrapping is shiny and plastic, but its star quality is genuine. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsNov 14, 2022
Lohan’s most distinguished quality as a star is that glowing goodness, a real, unshakeable joy that can only barely be imitated, let alone replicated, and which feels perfectly at home in the bright, buoyant, only glancingly ironic realm of happy-go-lucky comedy. Read full review
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Vanity FairRichard LawsonNov 10, 2022
It’s a story of reinvention for an actor trying to do the same. It mostly works a treat. Lohan’s performance is perky and agreeable, a shimmer of that old Mean Girls (or, hell, Parent Trap) charm dancing around her for the first time in a while. I’d happily watch her in more after this—though preferably in something a bit meatier than a Hallmark knock-off. Read full review
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Screen RantFerdosa AbdiNov 11, 2022
Falling For Christmas was the best comeback film for Lohan; it could have been better quality, but it is better than nothing. She's in her element, and her natural charisma is illuminated, partially by how uninteresting her costar is. The script and overall production leave much to be desired, but with how low expectations usually are, this one is okay. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonNov 10, 2022
It’s silly, sitcom-y, and impossible to call “good,” but Falling For Christmas is the kind of bad that feels almost appealing. Read full review
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ColliderEmma KielyNov 10, 2022
Every actor probably knows that this script is pretty useless, but that doesn't stop any of them from putting their best foot forward. Including Lohan, they all look like they’re having a blast and that really comes through to the audience. Read full review
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The GuardianBenjamin LeeNov 10, 2022
A film like Falling for Christmas doesn’t try or need to break the mold, it doesn’t even need to be that good, it just needs to be low-level competent and as these films go, it’s just about passable enough for those who tend to start getting excited about the festive period at least two months early. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreNov 15, 2022
Lohan does what she can with this thin, treacly material, shows she can be a team player and bring value without (one hopes) drama to a set and a project that may not be an A-picture, but still gets her name out there in a non gossipy way. Good for her. Read full review
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Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 10, 2022
Without Lohan, Falling for Christmas would be another of the near-anonymous morass of holiday movies so prevalent during the season. Even with her it’s not much more. Read full review
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New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNov 10, 2022
If Falling for Christmas simply fleshed out Sierra more, and made us believe she was in love with Jake, not just grinning at everybody, we’d have a movie. Instead, it’s a predictable stunt. Read full review
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The New York TimesCalum MarshNov 10, 2022
If this is the standard we’re dealing with, I’d rather have amnesia. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyNov 10, 2022
This sub-Hallmark dreck made by a bunch of hacks that don’t deserve to be named is the first film out of Lohan’s Netflix deal and her first feature in three years. Not to beat up on a former child star who has overcome more than her share of demons, but if this is the best vehicle she could find, waiting another three might not have been a bad idea. Read full review
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