It’s a Christmas movie with The Rockettes!! What more can a dancer want from the holidays?

Lucy (Elle Graper) is nervous about her final audition for the role of Clara with The Rockettes. Her grandmother, Margret (Ann-Margret), tells her the story of how she once danced with The Rockettes and how she found love along the way to finding herself.

A Holiday Spectacular had everything I could have wanted from a Hallmark Christmas film. There was drama of a child wanting to do something different from what their parents had originally planned. There was a blossoming love that was also offered a little drama of its own. And there was the beautiful dancing from the famous Rockettes in New York City. It’s almost like this movie was written specifically for me.

I loved that, even though Margret (called Maggie by her friends) had romantic relationships, the main focus of the movie was on the sisterhood in the dance team. We frequently see the women in their boarding house or eating and chatting at a diner or at rehearsals. The men, both John (Derek Klena) and Maxwell (Torsten Johnson), are relegated to relationships outside of her normal life in New York. John’s scenes are mostly outside walking around town. Maxwell’s scenes take place either on the telephone or in a restaurant. They don’t impede on the lives inside the Rockette boarding house. It’s nice that the movie gives us that separation.

While A Holiday Spectacular is spectacular for dancers or fans of dance, I think that this movie would be relatable to anyone. Not wanting to disappoint your parents is a fairly universal emotion. Definitely check this one out. And if you get the chance, go check out The Rockettes in person. If you can’t make the trip, this should help satisfy that itch to see them.