So the movie is a waste of time. I find nothing particularly interesting about the plot or the characters. However, I want to know who designed these sets and costumes. I have never seen uglier clothing and furniture in my life. The giant ugly cheetah print chair, which just so happens to be sitting right in front of the sofa, in the center of the room. The women's clothing is painfully hideous. I was so distracted by the ugly shoes and outrageous color and pattern choices, that I really wasn't paying attention to the story. It felt so cold and unnatural watching them in the settings they were in, looking the way they looked. They didn't even appear friendly with one another. It just feel like strangers having an awkward weekend together.

So the film opens with samantha (summer bellessa) bringing bryce (jason gray) home for the holidays. Where he promptly gets punched in the genitals, for no reason. That's not funny at all. Strike one. Then he gets insulted by the host's husband. I'd go stay in a best western. Small roles for barry corbin and jon heder. Although most of corbin's scenes look like they were filmed somewhere else... he's usually sitting or standing by himself. Nothing funny in this one, in spite of the title. And the slow, serious, soap opera music keeps playing... for no reason. Weird. I think the big problem here is that the story isn't sure what it wants to be. Comedy? Drama? Love story? It feels like a hallmark channel movie, but it's showing on roku channel. Written and directed by adam white. No surprises at all in this one, except that someone does something, completely against character, which the author decided was the only way to work the story, and which we could see coming down the road, way ahead of time. Not so good.

With Thanksgiving being my favorite holiday and since it wasn't a vulgar movie, I've inflated my score. Plus it's a treat to see Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite.

The actual story was a cookie cutter Lifetime-style romcom where a woman represses feelings towards her ex and has to endure her current beau, who is a complete piece of work. All the while she is tackling with a decision on whether to sell her company and has pressure from her family to get back with her ex.

The three main characters (the esquire, Samantha, and the comedian) were bland as white bread. No discernible chemistry between them and it wasn't interesting to watch them. The first half of the movie felt too satirical and overdone.

The remaining cast provided some comic relief. Once the grandpa, father, and Heder's characters had their chance to do some one liners, things picked up a bit. The romantic parts of the movie are commonplace and forgettable, but otherwise the running gags (such as the grandpa's penchant for sweets, the dad deep frying a turkey, and Charlie's nerdy personality) made it a bearable film.