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The Christmas Lottery

2020 · 88 min

A warm, easy holiday comedy-drama about family friction and reconciliation, with a few tears but mostly smiles.

Overview: The Davenport sisters have drifted apart over the years but when their Dad wins the lottery all he wants is having his girls home for Christmas. Getting over years of resentment proves a big task but it's pushed aside when their mother suffering from dementia loses the ticket. They put aside their differences to help find the ticket and in doing so get over their differences and finally learn to come together.
How it feels: Warm, uplifting, light and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, grief, healing, love
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
healing
love
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none