Merry Kissmas (2015) poster
2015 · comedy · romance · tv-movie · drama

Merry Kissmas

Directed by Michael Feifer1h 29m2015
ElsewhereIMDb5.34k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Unwinding her relationship from a controlling choreographer, Kayla happens to take an elevator ride with lonesome caterer “Dustin”. The lift stalls, and spontaneously, magical kisses follow. Soon the choreographer makes nice, and Dustin retreats. Kayla becomes confused as to which man to love.

Our read · Merry Kissmas (2015) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a fluffy holiday rom-com with elevator kisses and love mix-ups.

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 1/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou hate predictable Christmas romances or cheesy meet-cutes.

If Merry Kissmas is your film
The Holiday (2006)
holiday house swap and romantic mix-ups
(more star power and locations)
Love Actually (2003)
ensemble Christmas romance and connections
(more British multi-threaded)
Serendipity (2001)
fate-driven Christmas romance obstacles
(more New York winter magic)
DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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