Fran
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Escaped from The Bad Place with a Labrador and a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.
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From the 96% of the world that isn't the USA.
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From the 96% of the world that isn't the USA.
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Do you remember when people would be up at 6am on Boxing Day for the Next sale?
Absolutely batshit.
Absolutely batshit.
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Do you remember when people would be up at 6am on Boxing Day for the Next sale?
Absolutely batshit.
Absolutely batshit.
I bought one of my children a slinky so that I could spend Christmas Day untangling a slinky
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I bought one of my children a slinky so that I could spend Christmas Day untangling a slinky
Day 18! The FINAL DAY.
And today, I'm reviewing the fine if you're into that sort of thing 'Love Hard'.
And now, I rest.
Merry Christmas x
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And today, I'm reviewing the fine if you're into that sort of thing 'Love Hard'.
And now, I rest.
Merry Christmas x
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Love Hard film review: Flying 3,000 miles to be catfished at Christmas
He loves Love Actually, she loves Die Hard. They meet on an app and she flies out to meet him like a stalker. What could go wrong?
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December 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Day 18! The FINAL DAY.
And today, I'm reviewing the fine if you're into that sort of thing 'Love Hard'.
And now, I rest.
Merry Christmas x
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And today, I'm reviewing the fine if you're into that sort of thing 'Love Hard'.
And now, I rest.
Merry Christmas x
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Yes, I had noticed, on account of not being able to watch TV, play music, or turn the lights on.
Merry Christmas you useless cunts 🎄
Merry Christmas you useless cunts 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yes, I had noticed, on account of not being able to watch TV, play music, or turn the lights on.
Merry Christmas you useless cunts 🎄
Merry Christmas you useless cunts 🎄
Still Day 17, but think of this as your Christmas Bonus.
A Very British Christmas: Holy Shit, What a Bad Film That Was.
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A Very British Christmas: Holy Shit, What a Bad Film That Was.
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A Very British Christmas review: I watched it so you don’t have to
A Very British Christmas review: I watched it so you don’t have to. A frankly terrible and very confusing film set in Yorkshire.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Still Day 17, but think of this as your Christmas Bonus.
A Very British Christmas: Holy Shit, What a Bad Film That Was.
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A Very British Christmas: Holy Shit, What a Bad Film That Was.
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Day 17!
Today is a very low budget retelling of A Christmas Carol - it's A CHRISTMAS KAREN.
Not as shit as it looks, I actually laughed out loud. More than once. I may have been drunk, but it still counts.
One more day to go, I can taste freedom!
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Today is a very low budget retelling of A Christmas Carol - it's A CHRISTMAS KAREN.
Not as shit as it looks, I actually laughed out loud. More than once. I may have been drunk, but it still counts.
One more day to go, I can taste freedom!
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A Christmas Karen review: Dickens with an I Want to See the Manager haircut
Charles Dickens but with a 'I Want To Speak To The Manager' haircut - it's a new re-telling of a Christmas Carol with a Karen.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Day 17!
Today is a very low budget retelling of A Christmas Carol - it's A CHRISTMAS KAREN.
Not as shit as it looks, I actually laughed out loud. More than once. I may have been drunk, but it still counts.
One more day to go, I can taste freedom!
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Today is a very low budget retelling of A Christmas Carol - it's A CHRISTMAS KAREN.
Not as shit as it looks, I actually laughed out loud. More than once. I may have been drunk, but it still counts.
One more day to go, I can taste freedom!
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Day 16 of Christmas Film reviews - were on the home stretch now lads!
This will be my most controversial review I'm sure.
What if Santa was in the Marvel universe and had a quarter of a million budget?
Something TOO LONG and too sweary.
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This will be my most controversial review I'm sure.
What if Santa was in the Marvel universe and had a quarter of a million budget?
Something TOO LONG and too sweary.
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Red One review: A Marvel film, but festive
Bored to tears of formulaic, beige Straight-to-Netflix Christmas romcoms, I thought I’d see what else there was on offer for my Christmas film review marathon. One film that was repeatedly recommended...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Day 16 of Christmas Film reviews - were on the home stretch now lads!
This will be my most controversial review I'm sure.
What if Santa was in the Marvel universe and had a quarter of a million budget?
Something TOO LONG and too sweary.
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This will be my most controversial review I'm sure.
What if Santa was in the Marvel universe and had a quarter of a million budget?
Something TOO LONG and too sweary.
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Day 15 of watching Christmas films until I realise I've done no actual planning for Christmas.
And we're back to the Netflix Christmas romcom reviews I'm afraid! I have now watched Meet Me Next Christmas from start to finish, fuelled primarily by wine.
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And we're back to the Netflix Christmas romcom reviews I'm afraid! I have now watched Meet Me Next Christmas from start to finish, fuelled primarily by wine.
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Meet Me Next Christmas review: The Pentatonix Christmas film with Christina Milian. Really.
Meet Me Next Christmas review: The Pentatonix Christmas film with Christina Milian, who has been single for four days but needs a boyfriend.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Day 15 of watching Christmas films until I realise I've done no actual planning for Christmas.
And we're back to the Netflix Christmas romcom reviews I'm afraid! I have now watched Meet Me Next Christmas from start to finish, fuelled primarily by wine.
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And we're back to the Netflix Christmas romcom reviews I'm afraid! I have now watched Meet Me Next Christmas from start to finish, fuelled primarily by wine.
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I just paid five pence for my Christmas veg in Lidl! Potatoes, sprouts, carrots, shallots, parsnips... JUST FIVE PENCE EACH.
I paid another 90 quid for the rest of the shit my kids picked up but, come on, you have to be happy with 5p veg!
The food waste bin is already excited about the sprouts.
I paid another 90 quid for the rest of the shit my kids picked up but, come on, you have to be happy with 5p veg!
The food waste bin is already excited about the sprouts.
December 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I just paid five pence for my Christmas veg in Lidl! Potatoes, sprouts, carrots, shallots, parsnips... JUST FIVE PENCE EACH.
I paid another 90 quid for the rest of the shit my kids picked up but, come on, you have to be happy with 5p veg!
The food waste bin is already excited about the sprouts.
I paid another 90 quid for the rest of the shit my kids picked up but, come on, you have to be happy with 5p veg!
The food waste bin is already excited about the sprouts.
***Day 14 of watching a Christmas film every day until I snap and choose violence***
Violent Night was exactly what I needed after weeks of beige pap.
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Violent Night was exactly what I needed after weeks of beige pap.
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Violent Night review: Home Alone, but Santa kills people
The Christmas film Violent Night is what happens when someone asks: what if Santa Claus had absolutely fucking had it?
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December 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
***Day 14 of watching a Christmas film every day until I snap and choose violence***
Violent Night was exactly what I needed after weeks of beige pap.
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Violent Night was exactly what I needed after weeks of beige pap.
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Day 13 of reviewing a Christmas film every day until I am but a husk in a blanket
Today, it is the eminently forgettable Vanessa Hudgens film The Knight Before Christmas. At least there's only one of her this time.
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Today, it is the eminently forgettable Vanessa Hudgens film The Knight Before Christmas. At least there's only one of her this time.
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The Knight Before Christmas review: When the pun comes first and the plot follows
A film which was built around a weak pun. Someone in a Netflix meeting said 'How about The Knight Before Christmas?!' and everyone nodded
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December 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Day 13 of reviewing a Christmas film every day until I am but a husk in a blanket
Today, it is the eminently forgettable Vanessa Hudgens film The Knight Before Christmas. At least there's only one of her this time.
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Today, it is the eminently forgettable Vanessa Hudgens film The Knight Before Christmas. At least there's only one of her this time.
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Also, I know lots of people have problems with “Love Actually,” and I get it, but @whingewhingewine.co.uk is showing on a daily basis why it’s the only Christmas movie I watch.
Falling for Christmas review: Lindsay Lohan and the very unconvincing brain injury
Lindsay Lohan's 2022 Christmas Film where she loses her memory and becomes a nicer all round person. Falling for Christmas Review.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Also, I know lots of people have problems with “Love Actually,” and I get it, but @whingewhingewine.co.uk is showing on a daily basis why it’s the only Christmas movie I watch.
Day 12 of watching Christmas films until my boyfriend decides it's better if we see other people.
Today, Overboard but make it festive. It is of course Lindsay Lohan in Falling For Christmas.
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Today, Overboard but make it festive. It is of course Lindsay Lohan in Falling For Christmas.
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Falling for Christmas review: Lindsay Lohan and the very unconvincing brain injury
Lindsay Lohan's 2022 Christmas Film where she loses her memory and becomes a nicer all round person. Falling for Christmas Review.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Day 12 of watching Christmas films until my boyfriend decides it's better if we see other people.
Today, Overboard but make it festive. It is of course Lindsay Lohan in Falling For Christmas.
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Today, Overboard but make it festive. It is of course Lindsay Lohan in Falling For Christmas.
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Day 11 of watching Christmas films until I start hallucinating snow
Today we ask: What if identity fraud was not just acceptable, but romantic?
The answer is revealed in the truly awful The Princess Switch
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Today we ask: What if identity fraud was not just acceptable, but romantic?
The answer is revealed in the truly awful The Princess Switch
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The Princess Switch Review: Identity fraud, but make it festive
The Princess Switch is a Christmas film that dares to ask: What if two women looked similar & identity fraud was not only fine but romantic?
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December 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Day 11 of watching Christmas films until I start hallucinating snow
Today we ask: What if identity fraud was not just acceptable, but romantic?
The answer is revealed in the truly awful The Princess Switch
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Today we ask: What if identity fraud was not just acceptable, but romantic?
The answer is revealed in the truly awful The Princess Switch
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Day 10 of watching Christmas films every day until I can't feel feelings anymore.
I have ANOTHER winter cold. I wanted something enjoyable and harmless to watch which wouldn't tax my poor cotton-wool brain, and Single All The Way was recommended.
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I have ANOTHER winter cold. I wanted something enjoyable and harmless to watch which wouldn't tax my poor cotton-wool brain, and Single All The Way was recommended.
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Single All the Way review: Wildly predictable and exactly what I needed
Single All the Way is a classic Christmas romcom & I mean that as a compliment. It's a wholesome, heartwarming and entirely predictable film.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Day 10 of watching Christmas films every day until I can't feel feelings anymore.
I have ANOTHER winter cold. I wanted something enjoyable and harmless to watch which wouldn't tax my poor cotton-wool brain, and Single All The Way was recommended.
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I have ANOTHER winter cold. I wanted something enjoyable and harmless to watch which wouldn't tax my poor cotton-wool brain, and Single All The Way was recommended.
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Day 9 of my Christmas films reviews...
Taking a quick break from Netflix, this time I popped over to Amazon Prime to see what their big Christmas movie for 2025 - Oh What Fun - was truly as bad as everyone said. And I can confirm that yea, it kind of is.
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Taking a quick break from Netflix, this time I popped over to Amazon Prime to see what their big Christmas movie for 2025 - Oh What Fun - was truly as bad as everyone said. And I can confirm that yea, it kind of is.
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Oh What Fun review: A title that promises more than the film delivers
Oh What Fun is one of those Christmas films that clearly set out to say something important about motherhood, but failed a bit.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Day 9 of my Christmas films reviews...
Taking a quick break from Netflix, this time I popped over to Amazon Prime to see what their big Christmas movie for 2025 - Oh What Fun - was truly as bad as everyone said. And I can confirm that yea, it kind of is.
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Taking a quick break from Netflix, this time I popped over to Amazon Prime to see what their big Christmas movie for 2025 - Oh What Fun - was truly as bad as everyone said. And I can confirm that yea, it kind of is.
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Day 8 of watching Christmas films til my eyes bleed: A Castle For Christmas.
A frozen-faced author moves to a village in Scotland where no one has the same accent and geography doesn't exist.
4.5/10: Scottish people may be entitled to compensation.
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A frozen-faced author moves to a village in Scotland where no one has the same accent and geography doesn't exist.
4.5/10: Scottish people may be entitled to compensation.
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A Castle for Christmas review: Knitting, kilts, and a refusal to end
A Castle for Christmas film review - a very formulaic and ridiculous romcom set in Scotland, it wasn't offensively bad but it wasn't good.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Day 8 of watching Christmas films til my eyes bleed: A Castle For Christmas.
A frozen-faced author moves to a village in Scotland where no one has the same accent and geography doesn't exist.
4.5/10: Scottish people may be entitled to compensation.
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A frozen-faced author moves to a village in Scotland where no one has the same accent and geography doesn't exist.
4.5/10: Scottish people may be entitled to compensation.
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Holidate has been repeatedly suggested by people following my much-revered Christmas Film Review series and to be honest I thought I'd already seen it. Evidently, I hadn't.
So today, along with my boyfriend, my dog and my hangover, I watched it in bed.
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So today, along with my boyfriend, my dog and my hangover, I watched it in bed.
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Holidate film review: A predictable but not insufferable romcom
Holidate film review: Predictable but not insufferable romcom, ostensibly a Christmas film but only just. It was alright - I did not hate it.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Holidate has been repeatedly suggested by people following my much-revered Christmas Film Review series and to be honest I thought I'd already seen it. Evidently, I hadn't.
So today, along with my boyfriend, my dog and my hangover, I watched it in bed.
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So today, along with my boyfriend, my dog and my hangover, I watched it in bed.
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Day six of 'watching Christmas films and reviewing them every day until I am sectioned' and I went into Our Little Secret with my guard up and my standards low.
I was happily surprised.
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I was happily surprised.
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Our Little Secret review: A surprisingly competent Christmas romcom
Our Little Secret: A surprisingly competent Christmas romcom featuring Lindsay Lohan and her ex boyfriend, who are dating siblings
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December 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Day six of 'watching Christmas films and reviewing them every day until I am sectioned' and I went into Our Little Secret with my guard up and my standards low.
I was happily surprised.
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I was happily surprised.
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I defy any middle aged woman to go through a break up without Stevie Nicks
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I defy any middle aged woman to go through a break up without Stevie Nicks
***Day 5 of reviewing bad Christmas movies***
And this time, it's the turn of 'Best Christmas Ever'!
Working title: A Festive Lesson in Why You Should Never Let Men Choose Films Based on Old Crushes
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And this time, it's the turn of 'Best Christmas Ever'!
Working title: A Festive Lesson in Why You Should Never Let Men Choose Films Based on Old Crushes
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Best Christmas Ever! I beg to differ (Christmas film review)
Best Christmas Ever review. Working title: A Festive Lesson in Why You Should Never Let Men Choose Films Based on Old Crushes
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December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
***Day 5 of reviewing bad Christmas movies***
And this time, it's the turn of 'Best Christmas Ever'!
Working title: A Festive Lesson in Why You Should Never Let Men Choose Films Based on Old Crushes
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And this time, it's the turn of 'Best Christmas Ever'!
Working title: A Festive Lesson in Why You Should Never Let Men Choose Films Based on Old Crushes
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Throwback to when I was feeling fancy and let the kids select a Christmas decoration in John Lewis - and my son inexplicably chose a sparkly one with his star sign on it, so now we have a single no-context bauble on our tree celebrating our love of cancer.
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Throwback to when I was feeling fancy and let the kids select a Christmas decoration in John Lewis - and my son inexplicably chose a sparkly one with his star sign on it, so now we have a single no-context bauble on our tree celebrating our love of cancer.
Day number four of reviewing Christmas films 🎄🍷
This time we have 'Champagne Problems', whose USP is that it's set in France.
I didn't hate it.
Nb. It's much easier to write a scathing review than it is to write one for a film that was ok.
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This time we have 'Champagne Problems', whose USP is that it's set in France.
I didn't hate it.
Nb. It's much easier to write a scathing review than it is to write one for a film that was ok.
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Champagne Problems review: Light, bubbly, easily digestible
Champagne Problems review: a Christmas film I didn't absolutely hate! Although it did make me reach for the bubbles
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December 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Day number four of reviewing Christmas films 🎄🍷
This time we have 'Champagne Problems', whose USP is that it's set in France.
I didn't hate it.
Nb. It's much easier to write a scathing review than it is to write one for a film that was ok.
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This time we have 'Champagne Problems', whose USP is that it's set in France.
I didn't hate it.
Nb. It's much easier to write a scathing review than it is to write one for a film that was ok.
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Today's shit Christmas film review is 'The Merry Gentleman'. If you're thinking that sounds like the name of a male strip troupe, then you are correct.
Although I gave it a 4/10, I absolutely hated the ending.
Please do not show this to your daughters.
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Although I gave it a 4/10, I absolutely hated the ending.
Please do not show this to your daughters.
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The Merry Gentlemen review: Feminism? What?
The Merry Gentlemen: A film about male strippers where feminism has gone to die. I am quite mad that this was ever made. How DARE he?!
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December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today's shit Christmas film review is 'The Merry Gentleman'. If you're thinking that sounds like the name of a male strip troupe, then you are correct.
Although I gave it a 4/10, I absolutely hated the ending.
Please do not show this to your daughters.
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Although I gave it a 4/10, I absolutely hated the ending.
Please do not show this to your daughters.
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