In general, Sleepless in Seattle is just a charming romantic comedy, co-scripted and directed by When Harry Met Sally writer Nora Ephron. The fact that it is somewhat old-fashioned is not a bad thing at all, in fact it is done wonderfully.
(Sorry, Christopher Nolan.Sleepless in Seattle is manipulative and unashamedly so. Way better than Bane’s shearling coat of The Dark Knight Rises. Also, because this was directed by Tim Burton, and by now we know that the only thing he loves more than Halloween is spooky Christmas. Because otherwise we wouldn’t know that mistletoe is poisonous. Because the snow adds a little magic to the bleak Gotham cityscape. Why does Batman Returns take place at Christmas? Easy: so Batman, Catwoman, the Penguin, and Max can fight under and using various decorations. And that’s why all other Christmas movies – and other movies in general – are garbage. This is also the second time Nora Ephron busted out Christmas catalysts: in 1993’s Sleepless in Seattle, Tom Hanks’ Sam Baldwin calls into the radio station for the first time on Christmas, just as Meg Ryan’s Annie Reed tunes in. You’ve Got Mail (1998)Īdmittedly, You’ve Got Mail takes place from October to spring, but what matters most is that the movie’s most compelling scenes – when Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) discovers that Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) is ShopGirl, when they have coffee, when Kathleen realizes she’s probably going to lose her store (and again, no, not crying) –occur over the Best Time of Year™. Michelle Monaghan’s Christmas ensemble may be one of the only giveaways that this Robert Downey Jr/Val Kilmer vehicle is a holiday film, but that’s why we’re all here anyway, right? Enter: a hugely underrated film noir that sees a thief, actress, private eye and partridge in a pear tree (just kidding) forced to solve a murder-mystery. Alas, when he comes home for Christmas, disaster ensues – especially since most of us know that our hometowns will never allow us to escape who we once were. Ryan Reynolds represents the best and worst of us as Chris Brander, a guy whose life was miserable in high school, and whose rejection at the hands of best pal Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart) “turned” him into a womanizer in his adult years. Granted, the movie’s not entirely set at Christmas, but we get a scene where Akroyd eats salmon while wearing a Santa suit which, as far as I’m concerned, is the gift that keeps on giving. Trading Places (1983)īut enough of the bleak: Trading Places delivers the hilarious cautionary tale of what happens when two greedy, evil bankers opt to ruin a stockbroker’s (Dan Aykroyd) life. (The last scene will also change the way you see Christmas shopping, forever.) 6. Set at Christmas, Kubrick’s tale of marriage and (in)fidelity is accompanied by traditional trees and lights, creating a stark contrast between the beauty of the season and the movie’s dark halls, capes, masks and dead people. If you’re into traditional holiday films you’ve found the perfect reason not to watch this. Not to spoil a movie you’ve had 24 years to see, but on top of scenes filled with holiday imagery (lights, trees and tinsel), we learn that the reason it snows every Christmas is because Edward (Johnny Depp) once made snow – and an ice sculpture – for the woman he loved (Winona Ryder) to dance in, and kept doing it, even though they couldn’t be together. (And that’s all I’m going to tell you.) 4.
True, Silver Linings Playbook takes place over the course of a few months, but the catalyst comes at Christmas, when Pat (Bradley Cooper) and Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) perform at a dance competition at a festively-decorated hotel.
However, bonus points for a scene in which Idris Elba decorates a small tree alone on the ship. No matter what goes down at your family Christmas this year, remember it’s nowhere near as bad as what happens when a team of explorers land on an alien planet on Christmas day, and must subsequently defend the future of mankind as we know it. The better? “Yippee ki yay, motherfucker.” 2. The good news? Bruce Willis’ reputation as an action hero holds up. ( Love Actually – never forget.) Instead, Rickman plays a German terrorist named Hans Gruber who takes Bruce Willis (John McClane)’s wife hostage – along with others – at a Christmas party, making this soiree way worse than anything your company has ever thrown. It’s the Christmas movie in which Alan Rickman’s character doesn’t cheat on Emma Thompson.
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