Let It Snow

Christmas season is here and Netflix is bringing a whole new bunch of Christmas movies this year. The first one among them is Let It Snow. Let It Snow is based on a book with three short holiday romance stories written by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle which interconnect with each other. The movie doesn't entirely follow the book except for some tiny instances but all around it's still a good Christmas movie. 

People who like it consider it the modern day Love, Actually but hell no, it's not. Love, Actually is the best ensemble interconnected Christmas movie ever. There may have been many other movies like Love Actually which feature other holidays but they all did not feel as great Love, Actually. Let It Snow is no different but will be beloved among YA fans. The book was targeted to YA audiences anyway.

The ensemble cast includes Isabel Mercer (Dora and Lost City of Gold), Shameik Moore (Spider Man Into The Spider Verse), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Mitchell Hope ( Disney's Descendants trilogy), Liv Hewson (Santa Clarita Diet), Odeya Rush (Goosebumps, Dumplin), Jacob Batalon ( MCU Spider Man) and the hilarious Joan Cusack.

The first story is Julie and Stuart. Julie has been accepted to go to Columbia next year but has an obligation to stay with her mom because she has cancer. Stuart is a pop star who is very lonely this Christmas. They meet on a train and have this sort of love/hate thing going on until they eventually fall for each other.

The second story is between Tobin and The Duke (real name, Angie) whom decide to spend Christmas Eve not watching movies but spending it with Duke's college friend, JP. Tobin has feelings for her but he doesn't know she does too. And they eventually end up together. Duhhhhh.

The third story is about two best friends. Addie is worried her boyfriend is going to dump her while Dorrie flirting with a girl online and coincidentally meets her at the Waffle House, where she works. They get into a fight but by the end they're friends again and both of them get what they deserve. Friendship and romantic relationship wise.

The changes that were made in the first story was Stuart. Stuart was never a singer. He was just an ordinary who meets Jubilee nicknamed Julie, at the Waffle House after her train breaks down. Another change, Stuart is the one that shows her around Graceland and takes her home be with his parents because her parents have been arrested for being apart of a riot Christmas sale.

The second story was very John Green-esque featuring weird names such as Tobin, The Duke and JP. In the book, the three of them were friends and had been invited by Keun (played by Batalon in the movie) to come to the Waffle House with Twister, the game, (changed to beer keg in the movie) to meet hot cheerleaders (changed to dancers in the movie). With that, it was The Duke who had a crush on Tobin while he didn't. But slowly, he realised he actually did have feelings for her.

The third story wasn't as queer as the movie was. Addie was the main character while Dorrie was a secondary character. The story was mainly about Addie getting the pig she wanted for Dorrie while dealing with her boyfriend, Jeb, possibly dumping her. In the movie, Addie wanted the pig and Dorrie was going to get it but ended up being the other way around by the end. There was no reference of Dorrie being gay.

Keun was the one that was not changed being the funny weirdo he was and he was heavily featured in the John Green story like he was in the movie, being closer to Tobin. Also, Darcy Carden from The Good Place plays Stuart's assistant so, that was cool.

Let It Snow is a successor to Love Actually but in it's way, a charming Christmas movie worth watching this holiday season. I will be rating Let It Snow 6.5/10.

P.S. Merry almost Christmas everyone.