Synopsis
A rich and nasty woman returns to her hometown to evict everyone but discovers the true meaning of Christmas thanks to the local townsfolk – and an actual angel. Features 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton!
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Cast
- Dolly PartonAngel
- Christine BaranskiRegina Fuller
- Treat WilliamsCarl Pellam
- Jenifer LewisMargeline
- Josh SegarraPastor Christian Hathaway
- Jeanine MasonFelicity Sorenson
- Mary Lane HaskellJenna Hathaway
- Matthew JohnsonMack
- Selah Kimbro JonesViolet
- Douglas SillsJack Fuller
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is an unabashedly sentimental, family-friendly mashup of “A Christmas Carol” with “It’s a Wonderful Life,” sure to leave you smiling and maybe even a little teary-eyed. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Christmas on the Square lets the viewer kick back and indulge in all things Parton. - 65
Polygon
Part cheesy Hallmark movie, part community-theater production, part A Christmas Carol meets It’s a Wonderful Life, the special is a mosaic of holiday tropes — and that’s a good thing. The acting is over-the-top, and the plotline has as much subtlety as Dolly’s bedazzled platform boots, but its larger-than-life theatrical nature makes it even more enjoyable. - 50
Movie Nation
Christmas on the Square isn’t much, but what’s here is a pleasant enough time-killer, which is more than you can say about the vast majority of holiday-themed Hallmark/Hulu/Netflix et al fare this season. - 50
The New York Times
It’s bad, the sort of bad that knows what it is — campy rather than camp. “Campy” is camp with a diploma and a martini. And “Christmas on the Square” is a drunk. - 40
Arizona Republic
So sickeningly sweet dentists should show it in their waiting rooms to ensure business, the film just isn’t very good, even by treacly holiday film standards. - 25
The Associated Press
Christmas on the Square is pure, studio-lot fantasy and not really trying to be anything else.