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Haul Out the Holly (2022) poster

2022 · tv-movie · comedy · drama

Haul Out the Holly

Directed by Maclain Nelson1h 24m2022

Emily arrives home, hoping to visit her parents, only to discover that they are leaving on a trip of their own. As she stays at their house for the holidays, their HOA is determined to get Emily to participate in the neighborhood’s many Christmas festivities.

Our read: Haul Out the Holly (2022) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded tv-movie · comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle tv-movie / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.04k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
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DNA · twelve axes

How Haul Out the Holly feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a breezy holiday romance about community festivities and new love.”

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 3attention 1/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You want serious drama or edge instead of feel-good Christmas.

If Haul Out the Holly is your film
The Holiday (2006)
holiday forced cohabitation and romance
(slicker and less small-town)
Four Christmases (2008)
reluctant holiday family obligations
(edgier humor and divorced parents)
The Family Stone (2005)
holiday gathering with family tensions
(more dramatic and less comedic)
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