The Christmas season is here and there are a lot of movies to choose from.
Brandy Norwood and Heather Graham are bringing the cheer and the carols! This Christmas film follows the life of two old frenemies who reunite during the holiday in a twist and turn of events.
Jackie (Brandy) makes a boast with her holiday journal that making her old friend Charlotte (Graham) feel down. Charlotte on the other hand decides to surprise Jackie by showing up at her doorstep a few days before Christmas, choosing to prove that Jackie’s life isn’t all that perfect.
“It’s not as easy as it sounds, though,”
Director Mary Lambert says.
“And I think for me, the movie tries to say that. Let’s find something to laugh at in all this craziness.”
Jackie and Charlotte must now find a way to put their differences aside and come to a resolution so they can both enjoy the holiday season together.
The director (Lambert) says she loved that the story focused on two women and later finds out that the lead actresses compliment each other in real life.
“It was actually a lot of fun because their characters are so different in the movie,”
She says.
“We hit it off right away,”
Brandy tells Tudum about her Co-star.
“I absolutely loved Heather’s energy. I felt so comfortable and I felt like I could be myself. It was something that was real and authentic between us.”
Graham also had nothing but praise for Brandy.
“Brandy shows up like, ‘I’m going to give my whole heart and soul and I am open to connect with you, Heather, as a person, as well as your character,’ ”
She says.
Addressing Brandy directly, she adds:
“You give a lot. You show up as your whole beautiful energy. You’re just so generous. [and] I feel like you really gave so much, not only to the scenes that you were in, but just in spending time with me. And then you gave me a badass purse, which I still have in my closet.”
The story begins when Charlotte receives a newsletter from Jackie, that makes her feel so dampened, that she takes it upon herself to surprise her. Charlotte is stuck in a job that she hates, and her finances are tight. However, Jackie seems to have a perfect life and everything figured out with her recently selling her aviation company worth millions of dollars while enjoying time with her husband and children.
Clique, will you be seeing this film?
