Title: Happiest Season
Year released: November 26, 2020
Directed by: Clea Duvall
Notable Cast: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Dan Levy
Available to Stream: Hulu
Synopsis
A young woman with a plan to propose to her girlfriend while at her family’s annual holiday party discovers her partner hasn’t yet come out to her conservative parents.
Review
Harper and Abby face the awkward first christmas with your girlfriend’s parents experience. The candy cane twist is that Harper has neglected to tell her family about their relationship. Abby discovers on this trip to the Caldwell homestead that Harper is only her true self when she’s away from her family. Fear makes her wear ill fitting masks for the people of her past.
Abby’s comrade who will have none of this nonsense is her loyal but slightly Big Brothery friend John. John is played brilliantly by one of my new favorites Dan Levy.
This is a wonderful holiday companion piece to The Family Stone.