Single All The Way has been making a big splash around social media lately. It’s not the first Christmas movie with a gay romance as the main story but it is getting a lot of talk right now. With stars like Jennifer Coolidge, Kathy Najimy, and Barry Bostwick, I have high hopes.
Peter (Michael Urie) is always “the single one” at the family Christmas gathering. When he finds out that his current boyfriend, Tim (Steve Lund), is actually married to a woman and has children, he is understandably upset. He asks his roommate/best friend, Nick (Philemon Chambers), to go home with him to New Hampshire to pretend to be his boyfriend. Nick agrees to go with him…but not fake a romantic relationship. If Peter’s family has any say in the matter, it won’t be a fake relationship anyway.
I loved Single All The Way so much. Peter and Nick had the right amount of awkwardness when they each wanted their relationship to go further but were afraid to talk about it. James (Luke Macfarlane), the blind date that Peter’s mother Carole (Kathy Najimy) arranges for him, has the perfect amount of likeability that makes you want him to date Peter. While everyone is perfect in their roles, not every character is perfect. Aunt Sandy (Jennifer Coolidge) is completely oblivious to how blasphemous her Christmas pageant is. She brings the right amount of wackiness to the movie to keep it from being stale.
It is looking like Netflix is the place to be for Christmas movies. Definitely head over and watch Single All The Way. Then watch it again for the hilarious antics of Jennifer Coolidge. And one more time for Kathy Najimy’s mom-attempting-to-be-woke. They all deserve it.