Unexpected Christmas

Name: Unexpected Christmas
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 4.5

1hr 44m

1hr 44m
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3.0/5 (153)
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A family's perfect Christmas reunion is upended when old rivalries, secrets, and romantic mix-ups come to a head.

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Director:

Michael Vaughn Hernandez

Producer:

Perri Camper, Phil Thornton, Trell Woodberry

Writer:

Cassandra Mann

Release Date:

Nov 7, 2025

Runtime:

1hr 44m

Synopsis

A family's perfect Christmas reunion is upended when old rivalries, secrets, and romantic mix-ups come to a head.

Cast

Lil Rel Howery
Anna Maria Horsford
Ricco Ross
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Terrence Terrell
DomiNque Perry
Tabitha Brown
Marybeth Massett
Koryn Hawthorne
Cecelia Friday

Moviegoers are saying

This Black Christmas rom-com delivers exactly what audiences expect from a holiday Hallmark-style movie, complete with corporate family members learning about community values and swoon-worthy Christmas sweaters. While reviewers consistently rate it as 'not great but not terrible,' many found unexpected charm in its familiar formula, with some calling it surprisingly watchable despite an overstuffed plot and underdeveloped characters.

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Holiday-Comfort

Christmas-Vibes

Hallmark-Style

Feel-Good

Family-Friendly

Cozy-Watch

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3.0

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3.0

Nov 12, 2025

I love when corporate family member has to learn the meaning of community and not selling your soul for cash. Especially at Christmastime! Also, their Christmas sweaters were all so good. Had fun seeing this with an audience!

22 Likes

Roemer

Nov 12, 2025

Y’all wearing matching Christmas pajamas and he’s still making you have to ask “what are we?”… girl. Yes it’s a straight-to-streaming, Hallmark aaa movie, but seeing it with a few game couples elevated things. I feel these sort of disposable holiday movies used to come out…

18 Likes

Dave

Nov 11, 2025

"It’s like a Hallmark movie, but for Black people!!" — mom

13 Likes

Morgan Snoap
Nov 12, 2025

Thank God nobody chose Richard, he can go to hell. What was that kitchen confession supposed to do? Overall this wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Decent script, decent acting, semi decent plot.

12 Likes

asham

Dec 11, 2025

Great cast and surprisingly good! The Infinite Christmas List Ranked 2025 Films Ranked

6 Likes

justlarissa

Nov 6, 2025

It was black and cringe but it was FREE. Justice for Marissa 🙂‍↕️‼️

6 Likes

James
Nov 6, 2025

Fun! (Please don’t let this movie become lost media… It’s not great but it sure does have some funny moments.)

5 Likes

thefinalgirl22

Nov 6, 2025

The kinda movie you'd randomly run across BET at 3pm on a Sunday Afternoon. Watchable with an overstuffed plot and characters that rarely feel fully realized.

5 Likes

Vicgrimes

Dec 31, 2025

This was an alright christmas movie. Im not mad at it. I think this is my last movie of 2025 so Happy New Years!! 🎉🎉 I just wanna thank all of you who interact with my reviews even when all i do is complain ❤️

4 Likes

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DJ liked

Unexpected Christmas

They didn’t do the best job of connecting the dots in many places but I still enjoyed myself at the theater

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