Wednesday, 14 July 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SMOTHERED (2005)

 

J.J. Jenner (Carly Pope) works at a New York magazine as the assistant to the food critic but when the critic leaves to have a baby, her boss gives J.J. the job for a trial period, so she tries to find a new refreshing and exciting restaurant to write about for the next addition just before Christmas.

However her estranged mother Lee (Christine Baranski) turns up out of the blue, after losing her job and J.J. can’t deal with her.

So when Alex Stermadapolous (Bobby Cannavale) a struggling restaurateur who is facing the possibility of being closed down, asks her to come to his restaurant and try it out and then write about it in the magazine she agrees to review his restaurant on the condition that he take her mother off her hands for a few weeks.

Alex reluctantly agrees and forms an instant rapport with Lee that amazes J.J. but what amazed her even more was that it made her jealous.

It’s a fun Christmas mother-daughter film but underneath all the comic moments is a poignant story of intimate strangers.

It's a good holiday movie and in the Christmas spirit comes with a satisfying ending.

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