Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

So wondering to see these beautiful ladies together. Grew up watching them. I loved their looks, fashion, etc then and love them now. I must say Linda Gray and Morgan Fairchild are my favorites here. This heartwarming, funny movie brings so much joy especially during the Christmas season . I hope they can do more shows like this all year round. So many older actors and actresses from back in the days can still do a lot in the entertainment industry. Thank you to these beautiful ladies and the creators, producers, writers, directors for doing this. Imagine bringing Joan Collins and Linda Evans back together!!!!

I loved Golden Girls. I loved These Old Bags. I would rather watch seasoned veterans instead of nubile youth any day. Except today.

This hurt. I've never seen people try so hard to hold onto the past. These actresses must have had more than beauty and glamour. They basically play older bimbos, not mature interesting women. I know this is fluff, but it isn't fun fluff. It tries so hard to be polite the only catty scene - the food fight - is a big yawn.

All of them seem the same, yet look misshapen, stretched and literally in pain. They seem in pain every time they move. All of them seem barely able to speak from facial surgeries or injections.

I've seen mature actresses in great roles giving great performances. This was just the opposite of life affirming.

Ladies Of The 80's: A Divas Christmas (2023) -

This film wasn't made for me, because I don't like reality shows or soaps and I certainly didn't have any nostalgic feelings towards seeing these "Ladies" all together in one film.

Even in the first five minutes there was a lot of plastic on screen because the women (80's Divas) looked like Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn's characters from 'Death Becomes Her' (1992) AFTER they'd died and Ernest (Bruce Willis) had tried to fix them up with formaldehyde and so on. And they all had to talk through their teeth and noses because they were stretched too much, yet still somehow looked a bit chubby from being plumped up so much.

Of course I realised it's not all about looks, but it definitely said something about the characters they were cast to play and possibly about why they were cast and who they were as real life people too.

Even the men seemed quite fake.

The young love story that was obviously supposed to happen didn't interest me at all either. Alex (Travis Burns) clearly loved himself and Taylor Ann Thompson as Nell seemed really incompatible with him.

After the first advert break, when the Christmas soap reunion episode that they were supposed to be filming didn't seem to be moving forward very far, I realised that the chances of this being the typically Christmassy, warm and loving seasonal film that I like was slim.

Also I'm really not in to the catty, backstabbing, Diva thing. So I turned it off for something more attuned to my tastes.

I didn't watch the soaps that these ladies were in and wouldn't care if I had. The world needs more reality, not reality TV shows, which are the fakest things ever.

Unscored as Unfinished.

I really wanted to like it, as I enjoyed most of the ladies before in iconic roles, especially Morgan Fairchild and Nicolette Sheridan. But this flick suffers from very lame writing, and characters that miss the fire we know from earlier roles. It is like a weak rip-off of THESE OLD BROADS with Joan Collins and Debbie Reynolds, which wasn't perfect but much much better. DIVAS CHRISTMAS has some fun moments and it's nice to see these icons together, but I was hoping for more pizzaz. And, as other reviewers mentioned, the love story of the younger characters is especially weak, and their acting is bad.

The fact is we all grow old. Yes, these actresses have been well preserved (they sleep in full makeup). Yes, it's really really cheesy. Hooray for this gang of experienced actresses getting a chance to play a spin on their 80s characters, kind of. Those decadent evening soaps from the 1980s were amazing with their outrageously wealthy lifestyles, homes, lovers and raunchy behaviors. I was a young adult and remember being so excited to watch Knots Landing, Dallas and Falcon's Crest each week. The makeup, clothing and hair! I avoid Lifetime/ Hallmark shows due to the corny content but so glad I saw this, brings back lots of memories. I wish these actresses happiness in their golden years (note- Nicolette is actually much younger). Let's celebrate and embrace our years.