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Seasonal Norwegian film Christmas as Usual claims the No. 7 spot in Netflix's Global Top 10 movies, with 10 million hours viewed so far. The movie follows a newly engaged couple's first holiday together with a twist of hiding the truth about the groom's ethnicity, leading to family drama. Despite mixed reviews, the film's success may be attributed to word of mouth and its engaging premise, potentially climbing higher in the Top 10.

Seasonal Norwegian film Christmas as Usual has claimed the No. 7 spot in Netflix's Global Top 10 movies. The new holiday flick from director Petter Holmsen follows Thea (Ida Ursin-Holm) and Jashan (Kanan Gill), a newly engaged couple navigating their first holiday together with a unique twist. Jashan, who lives in California and is originally from India, has been invited to spend Christmas with Thea's family in her rural Norwegian hometown, but they have yet to learn the truth about his ethnicity,...

Christmas as Usual is a chaotic, yet joyful, holiday movie that brings plenty of family drama and Christmas traditions. The film follows the main couple, Thea and Jashan, as they navigate their first Christmas together and face challenges with honesty and cultural differences. With a strong cast, including Kanan Gill and Ida Ursin-Holm, the movie promises to deliver comedy and shenanigans as the characters try to find peace during the holiday season.

Netflix is bringing a plethora of holiday movies to its platform, including Christmas as Usual, a Norwegian film with plenty of family drama and a great cast. Now streaming on Netflix, Christmas as Usual is primarily set in Norway, though its leading characters begin their journey in the United States. The holiday movie brings the drama as the main couple contends with family, Christmas traditions, grief, and an ex that makes Christmas just a tad bit messier than expected.

It’s one thing that a film has two characters that fall in love and then only later face the fact that they come from two very different cultures, and it’s a completely different thing when that’s all we see in a movie, from the very beginning till the very end. Christmas as Usual, written and directed by Petter Holmsen, is a simple (bordering on simplistic) dramedy where Thea and Jashan, two people from very different cultural backgrounds, go together on a trip to Norway to meet Thea’s family for Christmas. There are no prizes for guessing what happens next. The Norwegian traditions and culture become a bit of a problem for the Indian-origin Jashan, and the relationship is tested.

From the moment the film begins, it begins to set us up to have low expectations for what’s coming. The pitch of the performances and the...