A cynical man turns the tables on a Christmas ghost, sparking a witty, heartwarming, and uplifting holiday musical.
Feel-good, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Apple TV+.
Nothing past what a PG-13 promises: no sex or nudity and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
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Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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