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What a time for a gay kid to be growing up.

In the 90s growing up I loved Christmas movies and every one was the same straight story. I longed for a movie like this at Christmas.

Love how we can have a cute, whimsical comedy like this with great performances and a lot of love. People complaining about the family need to watch something else- families SHOULD be this supportive and loving and happy.

The leads are good together. Great supporting cast with Kathy Najimy and Jennifer Coolidge in fine form.

Loved Barry Bosworth as the dad.

Yeah it's corny and syrupy but that's what these movies are! Bring on more!

Single All The Way is Netflix's first gay holiday rom-com, and it is absolutely delightful. While the storyline is predictable (i.e., fake relationships and friends to lovers tropes are well-trodden in the Christmas movie genre), the film is (effortlessly) engaging and entertaining nonetheless. What makes it stand out thus far this season (among this year's dozens of Christmas movies) is the warmth and joy it portrays through the story, through the dialogue, and through an ensemble cast that you will no doubt fall in love with. The story follows Peter (played by Michael Urie) who is keen to avoid his family's judgment about his eternal single status, and bad choices in men, this Christmas. Thus, Peter convinces his best friend Nick (played by Philemon Chambers) to join him for the holiday as his best friend turned boyfriend. And so, the two head to small-town New Hampshire this Christmas where our romance begins, as we watch these two discover, with some help from Peter's matchmaking family, the true love they have for each other. While it is obvious how this story will turn out, Single All The Way is entertaining, and at times, very funny. The dialogue is warm and sincere on the one hand, and cute and funny on the other. Indeed, the writer does a good job of mixing these two elements in a creative and engrossing way. What makes this all work on-screen, of course, is the acting. Urie and Chamber's performances were brilliant. They engaged me, that is, their performances pulled me. Chamber's, in particular, had a kind and gentle vibe to his performance, which I found appealing. The two also had fantastic chemistry on-screen with some touching and heartfelt scenes. It was hard not to root for these two. Offering plenty of comedy throughout the film was the supporting cast. Simply put: they were fun to watch. For example, Jennifer Coolidge (as Aunt Carol) is comical in her usual fashion. And Schitt's Creek's Jennifer Robertson plays the kooky sister, an amusing performance. I can't forget Luke Macfarlane (a Christmas movie regular), whose performance (as James, Peter's blind date) is fun and charming. The film has its fair share of holiday jinks and festive cheer from an amusing Christmas pageant and a choreographed Brittney song dance to hunky Santas and amusing and creative Christmas songs. All in all, Single All the Way is a feel-good Christmas movie, boasting an impressive cast that will no doubt have you smiling and laughing along the way. It is a nice new addition to Netflix's Christmas movie line-up this season. Highly recommend.

Is this the best movie.....NO! Is it corny and cheesy.....YES! Is it worth a watch? Yes. No only a decade ago would you ever get a movie with well known actors playing a normalised homossexual relationship and this needs to be acknowledged! For so many decades the christmas movie genre has been filled with heteronormal plot and actors and this is one of the Omg few movies where the plot isn't about coming out and drama but above love and families being family! Wanting the best for each other and being somewhat bland! I guess the only problem with this movie is that it's too mature and grown up and doesn't rely on shock to produce a story. If you like wholesome holiday movie this is the one for your!

7/10 - overall really cute, reference-filled Christmas flick for the girls, gays, and theys, but all I want for Christmas is for Michael Urie to get an acting coach before the inevitable sequel.

Dgmw, its not gonna win any Oscars or anyrh, bur its a cute queer romcom. If you were expecting anything more from a Xmas romcom, like some of the other reviewers, I question your judgement. It gets the job done. The plots a bit meh but it's a fun enjoyable movie if you want sth to watch.

"Single All the Way" is a very enjoyable romantic comedy. It is very sweet, and just makes you feel like there's a lot of love in the air. The festive atmosphere adds to the beauty of the film.

The problem with - Single All the Way - is not that it is unlikable. It is a Christmas themed romantic comedy, and those things are by default supposed to be liked - plus, there's Jennifer Coolidge. Instead the problem is how superficial and shallow the movie is, more-so than your average rom-com. It's all just too fake and unrealistically perfect.

The movie is sweet, you get a few laughs here and there - and as most Christmas movies tend to be there's some feel-goodness involved. But the movie is just too shallow and superficial. It's full of stereotypes & clichés, and almost everything is trite. Not to mention that the main plot device that brings the protagonists together (i.e. Meddling friends and family) is really not-okay at all, and very questionable.

All in all, it is just a movie: an average one at best. It is thoroughly passable and it struggles to be a decent romantic comedy at all. The fact that it is a gay rom-com is probably its only redeeming bit.

It's cheesy and a cliché, like Christmas rom-coms are supposed to be, but it's good cheesy. It's sweet, heartwarming and highly enjoyable. The story is easily predictable but also an entertaining feel-good one. All in all, it's a warm cozy movie with beautiful vibes that are perfect for the holidays.

This isn't a gay parody of a Hallmark Christmas movie, but it is self-aware as it steps through the beats and tropes of that typical seasonal movie. Great cast, some genuine laughs, and a sweetness that rivals uncut eggnog. It was the perfect backdrop to gift wrapping.

Very cheesy, cringe worthy story. Familly annoying, story is lame, you will see everything that will happen by just watching the trailer. I was cringing so often while watching. Could have been done way better.

Jennifer Coolidge as tough-talking Aunt Sandy was enough for me to rubber-stamp this nimble gay holiday romcom that somehow splits the difference between WeHo finger snaps and predictable Hallmark sentiment. The rest of the cast - which includes dependable comedy stalwarts like Kathy Najimy and Barry Bostwick - proves again their expertise at this type of acidic frivolity.

So many fun characters, dysfunctional family, meet/cute, New England, LA, Yep - not everything I like, but for some reason this works for me. I can see why it doesn't work for everyone, but to each his own. I truly have no idea why this flagrant Christmas movie didn't make me want to break my TV, but i watch and enjoyed the whole thing. Probably the quality of the actors and the lack of "goody goody". Thank you for a fun Christmas film. FInally!

Single All the Way is a 2021 Canadian Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Michael Mayer 🎄

Meh, it passed the time 😉 I'd recommend it if you like this genre, but if not then probably give it a miss 👍🏼👎🏼

PETER AND NICK ARE JUST FRIENDS.

PETER'S FAMILY KNOWS BETTER.

Single All the Way is a feel-good film. Nothing hurts here, no joke goes below the belt, the pace is right, you just have to like the incredibly likeable family and the actors anyway. Philemon Chambers as Nick is so cute that I couldn't look away. After 10 minutes, you know what's going on in this story, but that's not bad at all. Sometimes you just need that sugar-coating and a bit of claptrap, even if you know that it misses the mark just as much as James Bond.

Yes the film is predictable. It was also lovely to look at, very funny at times, had smart dialogue, and likable characters. I don't see the "stereotypes." The charming lead character played by Michael Urie was a little campy and unabashedly himself. That makes him a stereotype? His best friend as well as his blind date were two more masculine men who also happened to be gay. What made them stereotypes? Seriously, it's a Christmas movie. Stop the over thinking and enjoy this sweet and heartfelt film for what it is.

As a gay man I needed to see this for the representation and J. Coolidge. It was kinda what I expected, but I have to be honest... if you switched the gay lead characters with straight lead characters, you'd have any other general Christmas romantic comedy on Hallmark. Maybe slightly above that, but really nothing new here other than the gay main characters.

I did really like most of the characters, but the writing was so generic and beyond cheesy and predictable. It also should have had way more comedy with that great cast.

BUT, a cute Christmas movie nonetheless, by all means. A nice daytime or Sunday night Christmas movie.

This movie follows the very basic Hallmark "recipe". Big city person goes back to home town, Christmas pageant, finding love. They are all here but the thing that makes this movie special is the LGBT element. That sounds so stupid to say but because hallmark are so homophobic they would never make this type of movie so we are deprived of it.

So there isn't much to say. It's cute, Jennifer Coolidge is great, it's inclusive. So it's a nice Christmas watch.

Just read where Judge Barrett and Judge Kavanagh are doing their damndest to make this country unliveable - this film was just what I needed to put a twinkle in my eye and little laughter in my soul. Honestly, to the naysayers about how predictable and corny and just couldn't sit back and relax and try to enjoy - no you have to be like wet blankets. Well, this film did what it set out to do and I thank everyone involved for being in it, writing and directing and producing. This is really a good movie for Christmas - for everyone. It's about what Christmas should be about and that is enjoying your family and loving each other and - ACCEPTANCE - because that is what this country is supposed to be about. At least not one bomb, AR-15 or . Shotgun was heard for a good our and a half. That is what was good about this film. And with Jennifer Coolidge - how could you not have a good time.

I enjoyed this film for what it was, a cute, Christmassy, feel good film.

It is by no means perfect, and disjointed in parts, and as with this type of film, very predictable, but if you are willing to accept that, then it'll put you in the Christmas mood!

Like the Hallmark movies we all know are clichéd,predictable,cheesy & still decide to watch them.. lol.

The acting & actors chosen was decent,as was the cinematography.

Would I watch it,again?.. Probably not,still worth checking out.

'Single all the Way' is one of those films that this reviewer really wanted to like. The concept did appeal to me, as did the film's intentions, and as somebody who has a sister in a happy same sex marriage LGBTQ representation in film, television etc is always welcome by me and it is good to see it get more recognition. Regardless of those stating that its increasing inclusion in film etc is forced diversity, which is absolutely not agreed with personally. Was really prepared to like the film.

It was rather saddening to see that 'Single all the Way' didn't live up to full potential and was rather mediocre. Really appreciated what it was trying to do and its good intentions, but it should have been executed a lot better than it was. As far as Christmas films go, 'Single all the Way' is lightyears away from being one of the worst. But for me it was one of the bigger wastes of potential, especially when it was a concept that is so easy to resonate with.

There are good things in 'Single all the Way'. It looks good, slickly filmed and with charming scenery. The music has many moments where it is very infectious and it never feels at odds with what happens tonally and in placement.

Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy provide lots of zesty support, Coolidge in particular steals the film and it is a role that plays to her strengths.

Was however less taken with the two male leads. Both of them for my tastes came over as bland and their chemistry isn't there, so it was not easy at all to invest properly in what the film was trying to do. Didn't like how the characters in general were written, all of them (especially the gay ones) are written very stereotypically and in a way that is very exaggerated, too simple and over-generalised.

Furthermore, the script goes well overboard on the corn and cheese and the sentiment is also laid on too thick, everything about 'Single all the Way' screams unnecessarily over the top. The story is thin, over-silly and predictable, as well as feeling too manic at times in the pace.

Overall, really wanted to like it much more and am actually feeling very saddened that it didn't work. 4/10.

Funny, family centered, heart-warming love story with some laugh out loud moments. This movie had the right balance of family hijinx with romance in the air. Definitely enjoyed the Christmas eye candy with the winter wonderland sets. Overall, very entertaining and will add it to my yearly Christmas movie list.

Well, why not? We've been watching corny, romantic movies for decades, where after trials and tribulations guy gets the girl and they, supposedly live happily ever after. This time the guy gets the guy. Perhaps this is not the original trailblazer of a movie, after all, it is using old, familiar formula. But if ain't broken why fix it? Pleasant romance, picturesque town, goofy family and undeniable chemistry between the protagonists. Charming and heartwarming.

As an older gay man, I did not care for this movie.

Let's see; corny, cliche, cringeworthy and if this piece of fluff is typical of younger gays well you have got to be kidding.

Good to see the representation; kudos for that.

Love seeing Kathy Najimy a blast from the past.