Movie

Joy to the World

2025 · 87 min

A cozy, lighthearted holiday romp with silly fake-marriage antics and warm festive charm that goes down easy.

Tagline: She created the perfect life. Now she has to create the perfect family.
Overview: Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.
How it feels: Light, romantic, warm and whimsical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Love, deception, family, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
deception
family
identity
friendship
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild