The Merry Gentlemen

Name: The Merry Gentlemen
Director: Peter Sullivan (2)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music
Released: 2024
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Cast: Britt Robertson, Chad Michael Murray, Marla Sokoloff, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield

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Comedy
Romance

2024
Peter Sullivan (2)
87 mins
12

Summary

Seasonal romantic comedy starring Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray. Dancer Ashley returns to her home town for Christmas, where she discovers that her parents' business is failing. To raise funds, she recruits locals - including lovelorn hunk Luke - to form a male striptease revue show.

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Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Patrick Cremona

This Netflix-produced riff on The Full Monty is a knowingly cheesy but more often plodding Hallmark-inspired Christmas movie. It stars Britt Robertson as Ashley, a dancer cruelly let go from her long-standing gig as a member of successful Broadway troupe the Jingle Belles. Distraught, she heads back to her small home town to spend the holidays with her nearest and dearest, only to find the beloved local haunt owned by her parents is facing rapidly mounting debts and impending closure. So, Ashley finds a solution by staging a male striptease act that incorporates various locals, including a heartbroken handyman (Chad Michael Murray) with whom she predictably strikes up a romance. It's all perfunctory, with stilted dialogue, cheap sets and a lack of genuine Christmas magic. For lovers of the genre, it might go down well with a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie, but like many of these films it's a passingly amusing elevator pitch that sounds more fun on paper than in reality.

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4.9/10