Look, this is aggressively fine. It's the cinematic equivalent of a pumpkin spice latte—you know exactly what you're getting, it's not going to challenge you, and some people genuinely enjoy it while others find it insufferable.

The critics were surprisingly generous (73%!), but audiences were less impressed (49%), and the middling IMDb (5.8) and Letterboxd (2.4/5) scores tell the real story: this is forgettable holiday fluff. It spawned two sequels, which says something about Netflix's algorithm if not about quality.

From a WISE perspective, it's very safe and reasonably wholesome, but it's neither imaginative nor particularly enriching. The plot is so predictable you could set your watch by it. That said, if you need something genuinely harmless for a mixed-age family movie night during the holidays, you could do worse. Just don't expect anyone to remember it by New Year's.