I was mixed on The Happiest Season, directed by Clea DuVall. It had a good cast, and I thought Kristen Stewart as Abby was decent and had really good chemistry with Daniel Levy as her best friend and Aubrey Plaza as an ex of Mackenzie Davis’ Harper.
But I wasn’t into the slapstick comedy, and was annoyed by just how Harper blindsides Abby, her girlfriend of a year, by only telling her that she’s not out to her family when they’re in the car on the way to her family’s home for Christmas. I got that Harper should come out on her own time, and why she was nervous to come out to her conservative parents. And nobody should force her to come out or be outed against her wishes.
But I still hated how she brings this up to Abby on really short notice, and lets the family walk all over her and talk down to her, thinking she’s just her platonic straight roommate, and how crappy it was. Abby is stuck there for a week, and it made Harper come off as insensitive to her. That did make it frustrating, especially since the characters are not young kids, but are likely around thirty, and should be more adult in their relationships.
So I thought the movie was OK, like around a B, but was annoyed with Harper being so immature with Abby and their relationship.
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