Christmas Movie Marathon Season 5 Finale

A season finale shouldn’t feel like homework, so we end our Christmas movie journey with a true mixed bag and some honest ratings. After nearly 100 “Christmas” movies, I’m down to the final stretch and it turns into a great litmus test for what actually makes a holiday movie work: setting, music, message, and that hard-to-define warm feeling people chase every December.

First up is the big argument starter: Die Hard. It’s set at Christmas, it’s got carols, and it’s built around a Christmas party, but does that make it a Christmas movie or just a perfect action movie that happens to be in December? I give it a Christmas score and a general rating, and I explain why it’s so rewatchable even if it doesn’t hit “cozy.” Then I pivot to A Boy Called Christmas, a Netflix holiday fantasy that surprised me in the best way, and Scrooged, Bill Murray’s comedic take on A Christmas Carol that still sticks the landing with a real character transformation.

To close it out, I bring in an older recording of my Noelle review so you can hear the unfiltered take without me forcing a rewatch. We talk about what the movie seems to be aiming for, why it didn’t land for me, and how modern Christmas movies handle culture and religion in quick, sometimes awkward, throwaway moments. Then I tease what’s next for The Couch Critics: season six kicks off with new movie talk and a nostalgia-fueled Pokemon movie journey.

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Transcript

Season Finale Setup And Rules

SPEAKER_00 0:12

What's up, everybody, and welcome to the season five finale of The Couch Critics. I'm your host, Nathan, and on today's episode, I am talking about our final four Christmas movies on our Christmas movie journey. It's been crazy. I've watched almost a hundred quote unquote Christmas movies. If you've been with us majority of the time, you know that a lot of these movies, I still don't understand why they are on the list. But I've made it, I skipped a few, but I basically watched about maybe 97, 96 Christmas movies. And here we are. And I can't believe it's the end. And we're gonna end with kind of a mixed bag of Christmas films, one of which I actually have watched before. And I remember reviewing this when it was way back in the day when it was all the things Naty and Katie at the movies. This this podcast has had many names, but I remember Katie and I did this thing where we would assign Christmas movies at the end of the year to watch. And Noel was actually, I think, the movie that Katie signed to me to watch. And I watched it and I reviewed it. So a little later on in this episode, it's gonna sound a little different because I'm going to include that recording of my review of Noel because I remember not really liking it, so I didn't want to re-watch it for this episode. So I didn't, so you will hear my my thoughts, and I'm going to kind of skip doing the Christmas review and general rating for that movie just because yeah, I I remember not liking it that much. So I really will only be reviewing three of the four movies, one of which is a controversial Christmas movie because some people don't think it's a Christmas movie, some people

Die Hard And The Christmas Debate

SPEAKER_00 1:59

do. And that movie, of course, is Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. It is a classic action film, it's what kind of launched the Die Hard franchise because um it's the first one, and it is just a fun time. I I had never seen this movie before, like a couple years ago. And I'm gonna admit I did not re-watch it for this episode either, but I do remember I really, really enjoyed this film. Bruce Willis is just the quittential action star, and he makes this film. He makes this film hilarious. It's not just a run-of-the-mill shoot-em up. It has humor, it has heart, it it's just a really fun film. Alan Rickman plays a Russian, I guess. And I think it's hilarious because he's British and his accent's not that great, but the movie is just so much fun. And I'm pretty sure Carl Winslow from Family Matters is also in this movie, and he's a lot of fun. This movie, I mean, that's all really can be said. I don't think there's really anything negative about this film. It has iconic lines, it has iconic moments, it's I it's just iconic. It really is. And of course, the big argument is is this movie a Christmas film? Because it takes place during Christmas, takes place at a business Christmas party that gets hijacked by these Russian people. And the big question is, could it be considered a Christmas movie? And I don't know, I'm kind of on the side where I don't know if it necessarily makes me feel all the warm and fuzzies that a Christmas movie does. Yes, it takes place at Christmas. Yes, there are some Christmas carols in the movie. So I I mean, if I was going to give this a Christmas rating, which I will, I'm going to probably give it a three out of five for Christmas because it does fit some of those, you know, criteria. And I think it's it's a good film. Now, is it a movie that would be like, oh, it's Christmas time, let me watch Die Hard? Maybe not, but this goes into my general rating. This is a movie that you could watch anytime, anytime, and still a fun time. So for a general rating, I'm gonna give Die Hard a 4.5 out of five. The reason I don't give it a perfect five is because you know, obviously, some of the content in it, but it's an action film, so

A Boy Called Christmas Surprise Hit

SPEAKER_00 4:03

there you go. The second movie I'm gonna be talking about is A Boy Called Christmas. This is a movie that I I thought was a cartoon, I thought it was a computer animated movie because I remember seeing like a poster for it, and it looked like the the kid was like computer animated, but it's a live action film, and again, it's one of those movies that I would never have watched before. I'd never really heard of it, but I'm really glad I watched it. And it was just a fun time, and it's on Netflix. If you've never seen it before, I would highly recommend it. It's kind of like uh an alternate version of before Santa became Santa. A lot of you know, fantasy, fun, good acting, just a really, really good time. Again, there's not really anything negative I could say about this movie. I I really do recommend it. And for a Christmas rating, I'd probably give it a four out of five. And for a general rating, I give it a four out of five, too. I thought it was really well done. And I love that the the kind of I think it's an aunt or something is played by, of course, I don't remember her name now, but she was on Down Abbey. She was hooked in a the movie hook, but she does a really good job. So if you know her name, shoot me an email at the couchcritics at gmail.com and correct me and let me know what her name is. I just think it was a good time. I think it was a fun time. So the those are my thoughts on a boy called

Scrooged And Bill Murray Magic

SPEAKER_00 5:18

Christmas. And before we get into my thoughts on Noelle, uh, the my last movie is Scrooged, starring Bill Murray. This is a comedic version of a Christmas Carol. This movie is, I mean, all I can say about any all these movies or except Noelle is that they're just a fun time. Bill Murray is hilarious, it it hits all the beats of a classic, classic Christmas Carol movie, but it modernizes a little bit. I love that John Glover in this is in this movie. If you don't know who John Glover is, he played Lionel Luther on probably one of my favorite movies of all time, Smallville. He's in this, a much younger version of himself, obviously. It's just a really funny movie. Yes, some of the content is a little, a little much at times, some of the language, but it is still a fun time. And I really, really enjoyed it. This is a movie that I could see myself watching probably every Christmas, even though I don't normally do, but it is it is a movie that you're like, I could probably make this like a tradition to watch this every Christmas because it is. It's just it's just a fun movie, and you really do see the transformation of his his name isn't Ebenezer Scrooge in the movie, but you really do see the transformation that happens to his character by the end of the movie, so much so that my sisters kind of joke, but it is kind of true that this movie could be considered a Christian movie just because of how much the transformation happens in him, and so yeah, it's a great film. Uh go watch it if you're a fan of Bill Murray, go watch it. If you're a fan of Christmas in general, just go watch it. I think it's great. So I would give Scrooge as a Christmas movie, I'd give it a 4.5 out of five. And for general rating, I'm going to give it a four out of five. I do think I could watch this any any time of the year and still enjoy it. Doesn't have to be at Christmas time.

Farewell To The Christmas Journey

SPEAKER_00 6:54

So, my friends, that is it. That is the journey through Christmas. It's been it's been a long journey. Again, there's been some hits, there's been some misses, but I'm gonna be honest, I'm gonna miss gonna miss this journey. I'm gonna miss this time, but I'm really excited about what we're gonna be talking about since season six. But before I mention that, next Sunday, we're starting our season six, is our May Cinema Sunday, which is going to be a plethora of movies, my friends. So I'm gonna be talking about the Mario Galaxy movie, the sheep detectives, the Devil Wears Prada 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Michael, and Star Wars, The Mandalorian, and Grogu. I'm gonna be talking about all of those movies next Sunday, but the following Sunday is where we really get started on season six. I'm really, really excited about it because I grew up waking up every morning before I went to school and watched this one cartoon. That's right. We're talking about Pokemon. We're gonna be talking about every single Pokemon movie, and we're gonna be talking and starting what people people consider the worst Pokemon movie, and we're gonna end with the best Pokemon movie, and we're going to see if whether we agree or disagree where it is on the list, and giving it our, of course, our own ratings. So I'm super excited about that. I am nerding out. I've actually started collecting Pokemon cards again, and so it's very much gonna be a nostalgia-filled journey, and I'm really excited about the people that hopefully will be joining me on that journey because this show is called The Couch Critics, and it can't just be me all the time because as you hear when I record, my reviews are kind of short, so kind of need that, you know, back and forth. But I'm really excited about it. So that's what we're gonna be talking about season six Pokemon journey. But as promised, I'm gonna end this episode with my thoughts on Noelle. Ho

Flashback Segment Intro With Katie

SPEAKER_00 8:42

ho ho! Merry Christmas, and welcome to the Christmas episode of Naty and Katie at the movies. That's right, we're bringing back the Christmas episode because last year was just oh so much fun. Yes, and with me, with me, thankfully, is my good, good, good, good, good friend Katie. Merry Christmas, Katie.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

Merry Christmas to you as well, and happy holidays, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzika, Hanukkah roller bases. I'm enjoying the Christmas time and the Christmas songs and the Christmas foods and the Christmas music and the Christmas movies.

SPEAKER_00 9:16

What would Christmas be without Christmas movies? Now, of course, when this episode is dropping, it's an early Christmas present for our listeners. But just like last year, Katie and I picked each other's movies. Last year I picked It's a Wonderful Life for Katie, the classic Christmas film. And Katie decided to pick one of her favorite classic movies, Bad Santa. And I watched it and I wondered can I ever trust her opinions about movies ever again? And here we are, one year later, doing another Christmas episode of Nady and Katie at the movies. And Katie, can you explain the process of trying to pick a movie for me to watch?

SPEAKER_02 9:55

Yeah, it's a nightmare because you've seen so many. I mean, that's what that's the whole thing, right? Nady, one who watches movies all the time, movie buff. So to find a movie that is both worth watching and something you haven't watched, very slim to none. Uh, I do want it to be said that my initial first choice was The Holiday because it's my favorite Christmas time movie. The holiday featuring, you know, so many wonderful people. Uh I would argue if you haven't seen The Holiday, you have got to stop this episode and go watch it right now. But Nathan had already seen it, so we couldn't choose that. So the movie I've chosen for Nathan this time is called Noelle. So N-O-L N-O-E-L-L-E, which I believe is her name.

SPEAKER_00 10:33

Yeah. I want to give our listeners a little listen to what I had to watch. So take a listen.

SPEAKER_01 10:38

My name is Noel Frank. My fortune of her tree underwear needs watching. Oh, well, then my Christmas, which is been great. Christmas runs in my family. My dad was handsome, and now it's my brother next turn to wear this. We must have a newsletter, Gabriel. And then the tech department. And loving it. What about a rescue mission? Tell me what you're doing. I'm going to get my brother, and you're coming with me.

SPEAKER_00 11:29

So yeah, if you can't tell by the trailer, this is going to be an interesting one. But before I get into my thoughts on this movie, I am going to reveal the movie that I picked for Katie. And that is Drumroll Please, the Nicolas Cage Christmas classic, The Family Man. So let's get right into our thoughts.

The Family Man Plot And Reactions

SPEAKER_00 11:48

So, Katie, can you give us a brief synopsis of The Family Man?

SPEAKER_02 11:52

I can. Well, first of all, it's Nicolas Cage. That's the main thing you need to know. It's Nicolas Cage. This is early Nicolas Cage before he started being a caricature of himself. This was 2000, movies in the 2000s. It's about him playing a man named Jack, who is one of those New Yorker suburbanite, works in the big tower, doing businessy stuff. He had to give up the love of his life. He had a choice. He could either stay back with her or fly off and become a businessman. He chose to be a businessman, and he gets an opportunity to see what life would have been like if he had chosen to stay with his girlfriend Kate. I'm sure it's a happy ending movie, so I'm sure you can guess how it ends. But there's not a bold closure. I do like there's a little bit of Lee Way at the end. And of course it's starring the Nicolas Cage, and alongside him is his love interest, is Tia Leone thing.

SPEAKER_00 12:38

So what'd you think?

SPEAKER_02 12:39

Well, you know, I could have done a more brief synopsis. It's called, it's a movie called It's a Wonderful Life.

SPEAKER_00 12:43

No, it's it's not the same, it's not the same.

SPEAKER_02 12:46

It definitely had, you know, in true Christmas movie fashion, it gave us one of those chances where there's you get a chance to see what life would have been like. I don't feel like it's unique in that sense. There's been plenty of movies that do that. Hello Christmas Carol. But that being said, I did really like the movie. I found there, I have I cannot see Nicholas Cage as a romantic. Like, that's just maybe it's because I only know him in later life. I cannot view him as a like hunk to be the lead in a romantic movie. However, the chemistry he had with the actress, they were spot on. Like, I I mean I was completely convinced that he was head over heroes for her, she was head over heels for him. I really did enjoy it. I definitely couldn't be distracted in watching anything else. I was fully invested and I really wanted to know what happened. And I do feel like, like I said, it ends happy, but it's still cliffhanger enough, you know, that it's not a surefire ending that you're guessing from the beginning. But I really liked the concept. And as cliche as it is now, I'm sure back in 2000 it was maybe a little more unique, the idea of, hey, dad's everywhere watching this movie. Maybe you do need to be grateful for the family and kids you have. I mean, I think that's the main Christmas message that's involved is this might seem monotonous. Maybe you're sick and tired of dragging them to all this Christmas stuff, sick and tired of having their presents, but wow, if you didn't have this life, you might regret it.

SPEAKER_00 13:56

So, were there any dislikes you mentioned the lack of, I guess, uniqueness and the premise? Was there anything else that you didn't like about this Christmas classic?

SPEAKER_02 14:07

Man, it really was a fantastic movie. It was a smidgen predictable. There was some, again, Nicholas Cage liked to see him as like this kind of sexy. Like he, I would have like been more okay with Tom Cruise going there, I guess. But it worked for his character because I think he he did a great job playing both parts, the businessman and the family man. Um, I don't think I have any any major critiques. Any critique I have would maybe just be that it's a dated movie, right? It's not black and white, but it was made 23 years ago. Gosh, I really just thought it was good. I would highly suggest people to watch it. Maybe if I had to give a critique, it would be it's not anywhere close to the top of my list in terms of Christmas movies. Like, yes, it does happen during Christmas time, much like my favorite movie, The Holiday, ironically. It's a romance movie, happens to be somewhat involved at Christmas, but I would put a lot of movies ahead of this one in terms of favorite Christmas. I'll also share one funny thing. So I tried to get my husband to watch it with me. I thought it would be, you know, not a mean one like Bad Santa, but he told me that he actually had to watch it growing up. His dad's a very big Hallmark movie, Christmas movie fan, which surprised me. It's kind of there's some sexual scenes and like some pretty intense like romance stuff. So I'm kind of shocked. Um, but his dad's a hopeless romantic, so I could I could see why that he watched it. But Scott was able to like quote some of the lines to me, uh, his favorite one being, you know, they're in the bedroom, and and she's looking at me and he said, You actually like me. Like you're looking at me like you actually like me. And he just wasn't used to women actually like seeming like they're liking him, not just in it for the fling. But what did you think of the movie? I'm assuming you've seen it before.

SPEAKER_00 15:34

Well, it is one of my go-to Christmas movies. Every year I watch it, I just think it's a surprisingly good movie with Nicholas Cage in it. I just like the story. I just think it's a feel-good movie. Another reason why I like this movie is because, and you can call me a nerd, but one of my favorite TV shows of all time is Smallville, and there is an episode of Smallville that's exactly like this movie. It's called Lex Mith. So, any Smallville fans out there, Lex Smith is basically the same premise. Lex Luthor gets shot, and while he's in a coma, he dreams a life with Lana Lang with kids and all this stuff. And he has to make a choice whether he's going to continue down this bad path or if he's gonna go down this road of love and light and all that stuff. And of course, if you know Lex Luthor, he decides to continue to be bad. But that's also a move, a TV show episode I watch every Christmas. It's like a you know, just a tradition that I have. So The Family Man, I just think is a great movie. And I'm really, really glad that you enjoyed it.

SPEAKER_02 16:30

I did, and I think again, if you haven't, if you're listening and you haven't seen it, I do highly encourage you to watch it, especially if you have kids. Not not if I mean anyone could enjoy it, but especially, especially if you have kids or if you're close to your midlife ripe like crisis, great movie to watch. Now, moving on to your movie.

SPEAKER_00 16:45

Yeah, I was gonna say, let's hold off on giving ratings until the very end. So, yeah, let's move on to to my uh my

Noelle Synopsis And Big Complaints

SPEAKER_00 16:52

movie. So if you can't tell by the clearing of my throat, we have a repeat of last year. Now, not in the context of this movie was raunchy and gross, but that it's another movie that Katie picked. Now, to be fair, I've narrowed it down to two movies that I had not seen. So technically, I kind of picked this for myself. So I'm gonna give Katie a break on this. But out of the two I picked, she's like, Hey, pick that one.

SPEAKER_02 17:14

So the one that's because Anna Ken Anna Kendrick is in it.

SPEAKER_00 17:17

And that's supposed to mean what to me.

SPEAKER_02 17:18

Well, I just you know, it's it's the got at least a big name, right? I mean, uh, most of the hallmark ones at least, you're like, I don't know. So I thought maybe and Bill Hader too, right?

SPEAKER_00 17:26

And that's supposed to mean what to me.

SPEAKER_02 17:28

All right, well, tell us how you felt about the movie. What's what's it about?

SPEAKER_00 17:31

Well, before I can, yeah, before I can do that, I gotta give you the synopsis, which actually this synopsis basically spoils the entire movie. So get ready. Santa's daughter must take over the family business. That's the movie right there. When her father retires or dies as a retirement, yeah, yeah. This movie goes there. When her father retires, and her brother, who is supposed to inherit the Santa role, gets cold feet. Noelle stars Anna Kendrick, Shirley McLean, Bill Hayter, and the bad guy from Marvel Sacred Invasion TV show. This synopsis gives you the basic plot of the entire movie. There's really no reason to watch it now because I just told you everything that just happened. Except her father, Santa Claus, does not retire. He frickin' dies at the beginning of the movie.

SPEAKER_02 18:15

I don't know. I'm already against this movie that you can't kill Santa in a Christian.

SPEAKER_00 18:20

Now, to be fair, there's another movie called The Santa Claus with Tim Allen, who also kind of kills Santa. But this movie makes you like love the guy who plays Santa. He's he looks like Santa. When you think of Santa, this guy is it. And then it's like, oh, they begin like a really sweet thing at the beginning of the movie. He's coming down a chimney, you think he's going to some kid's house, and it's actually his kid's house. And he's like, you know, even though they're his kids, he still comes down the chimney and like it's a really sweet moment. But then you also think, when did he have these young children? Because he's like always the he's Santa and he's old looking. So already I'm getting weird vibes from the and then yeah, they kill him off, and Bill Hayter is the brother. He doesn't want to be Santa. He's not sure if he's supposed to be Santa. Yeah, this movie is dumb.

SPEAKER_02 19:07

Okay, question who's the who's the bad guy in this movie?

SPEAKER_00 19:09

Well, see, here's the thing. There is no bad guy. Is there one guy? Well, okay, there is no bad guy. Bill Hader's character leaves because Noelle says, Well, maybe you should take a few, like take a weekend, take a weekend vacation, clear your mind. So he does, and he doesn't come back. While she goes away to find him, their cousin, Gabe, takes over, and he's like the tech guy, and he thinks that they should do a delivery service like Amazon Prime. They actually like the shameless plug of Amazon Prime during this movie. It was just it was just all over the place, dumb. All over the place, dumb. Christmas all over the place. Instead of oh my goodness, they say, Oh my garland. That's funny. The quad no, it's not funny. Okay, I watched this movie. Wait, first, have you yourself watched this movie?

SPEAKER_02 19:52

No, I was waiting to see what you thought. Now you save me an hour and 40 minutes. Okay, but I have a question. So, as dumb as it is, blah blah blah, silly puns, whatever. You know, the movies that you have showed me, both of them, had, you know, a plot and a meaning and a moral. Even Bad Santa, as bad as you thought it was, had like meaning and purpose, and there was like a positive message. What what what was the message?

SPEAKER_00 20:13

Please, hold on. What was the positive message of Bad Santa gate? Please, please elaborate.

SPEAKER_02 20:18

Because uh Billy Bob Thornton's character like has a change of heart because he meets that little boy and it like changes his heart and he decides to be kind.

SPEAKER_00 20:26

No, he does not because there's a sequel where he just goes right back to being the stupid idiot guy that he was before.

SPEAKER_02 20:31

Okay, well, you know, the first one was good. But Noelle, what what do you if you had to guess what they're going for? What was the takeaway from Noel?

SPEAKER_00 20:38

Oh, I know exactly what they're going for.

Religion References And Disney Choices

SPEAKER_00 20:40

It's a Disney movie, so I know exactly what they were going for. This movie is what some people would consider woke, and there's a plethora of reasons.

SPEAKER_02 20:47

Take down the establishment, take down Santa, put a girl in charge.

SPEAKER_00 20:51

I mean, you said it. No, I'm just saying, I'm not, I'm just saying. But there are like some moments where I'm like, okay, number one, all the male characters are either dumb or semi-bad. Like the cousin isn't like straight up evil, but he wants to like change the whole way Santa does what he does. You know, Santa knows who's naughty and nice, but Gabe wants to make this system where you just calculate stuff and find out who's naughty. One positive thing, and it's not really a positive for the movie, it's a positive thing that made me think about Christmas movies in general. So, usually in Christmas movies that are for kids or just again in general, there are certain religions that aren't mentioned in Christmas movies. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but quote unquote secular Christmas movies don't really ever, and I'm not saying they never do this, but don't really ever mention Christians or Christianity in them. But Jesus. But they will mention, like this movie, so there's a point in the movie where Santa just magically knows who's naughty and nice, right? That's part of his spiel. And Noelle starts realizing that she has that ability too, that she can just pick up on people's niceness. So she meets this detective guy who's trying to make a phone. Call and he tries to ask people for their cell phones, and everyone's being like, No, no, being jerked. And then Noelle sees this guy. He's like, hey, that guy's nice. He'll let you use his phone. And so he does. And Noelle says, You're gonna get what you get want for Christmas. He says, Oh, I'm actually a Buddhist. And I'm like, okay, what okay. And so that's that's example number one.

SPEAKER_02 22:19

Wait, so that was supposed to be like a joke? Like, yeah, oh, I'll let you use this.

SPEAKER_00 22:23

I don't celebrate Christmas because I'm a Buddhist. Like, oh, okay. I'm guessing they're saying you don't have to celebrate Christmas to be nice, which is true. You don't, but yeah. And so that was example number one. Example number two is that her brother starts doing yoga and like says things like Namaste and quoting all these Hindu things, right? So that's example number two. Then there's another one where she goes down this chimney of a family and she sees the family and they're like, We're Jewish. And she goes back up the gym. So that's example number three. And there's no mention, like, there's no mention of her going to a Christian family during Christmas time. Again, this is very nitpicky. It's kind of like how my my review of Wish was. I just pick up on things that I just think this is Disney just being Disney.

SPEAKER_02 23:04

You know, to your point though, that is very interesting. Like, I think maybe they're trying to do what we sometimes call check the box moments. Maybe they were sort of trying to check a box to be like, I know we're making a Christmas movie, but we feel bad because we're leaving everybody else's religion out. So like we're gonna mention them to kind of like get credit. Which who are you trying to get credit for? If I'm if I'm if I celebrate Hanukkah, I'm not gonna go watch a movie called Noel about Christmas.

SPEAKER_00 23:28

If I don't celebrate it, but you really know because now you know they mentioned a Jewish family.

SPEAKER_02 23:33

Sure, sure. Um, so yeah, sounds like maybe for a second year in a row we we chose different types of movies for each other. I think I get the winning end on this one.

SPEAKER_00 23:42

Well, I'm hoping next year that you finally pick a movie that number one I haven't seen, and number two is actually good.

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Very difficult, very, very difficult. If anyone listening has suggestions, hit me up.

Final Ratings And Season Six Tease

SPEAKER_02 23:52

But yeah, let's go ahead and do our ratings.

SPEAKER_00 23:53

I will let you go first, Katie. What would you give the family man starring Nicolas Cage one to six stars?

SPEAKER_02 24:00

I like the family, I like the romance, a little bit of humor, not much action, but a tearjerker and some points. So I will give it probably a four and a half.

SPEAKER_00 24:09

I thought you were gonna say, I like the family and I like the man. So anyway, so let's go to my movie. I can't say with a straight face. Noelle. I'm gonna give Noelle a big old 1.5 because there was like one moment where I chuckled. And I forgot to say my like about this movie. There is one thing that I like. I liked how they didn't make it a romance movie because she teams up with the detective, but there's never really like there's a little bit of a will they won't they like each other kind of thing, but they never do anything with it. And I kind of appreciated that because I thought that would have made like really make it extra cheesy. It was already cheesy with all the Christmas puns, rest ye merry gentlemen, trying to calm everyone down by saying that. I'm like, this is so dumb. So that's our that's our Christmas episode. Merry Christmas, you filthy animal. So can't wait to start Cinema Sunday next Sunday and the Pokemon Journey on the Couch Critics where every movie gets its close up.