7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Happiest Season (2020)
Happiest Season (2020)
Overview
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HuluRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HuluDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with progressive values by championing the acceptance of a same-sex relationship and critiquing the pressure to conform to heteronormative expectations within a family context.
The film centers on a lesbian couple navigating a conservative family during the holidays, explicitly featuring LGBTQ+ protagonists in a mainstream romantic comedy. The narrative explores the challenges of acceptance and authenticity within traditional family structures, highlighting the impact of societal expectations.
Secondary
Happiest Season provides a largely positive and affirming portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and themes. It sensitively explores the complexities of a lesbian couple's relationship and the challenges of coming out, ultimately celebrating queer love and identity through supportive characters and a hopeful resolution to external conflicts.
The film portrays a conservative, traditional family whose values are implicitly tied to Christian culture. It critiques the hypocrisy, judgmentalism, and lack of acceptance within this family, showing how their performative adherence to 'perfect' ideals causes emotional harm and suppresses authenticity. The narrative positions the audience to condemn these problematic behaviors rather than affirming the associated values.
The film "Happiest Season" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on a lesbian couple navigating family dynamics and the challenges of coming out during the holiday season. Therefore, there is no depiction of transsexual identity to evaluate within the film's storyline.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Happiest Season is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or legacy characters from prior installments whose gender could have been altered.
Happiest Season is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material or historical basis from which character races could have been established and subsequently changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
7.1
Critic Ratings
8.2
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