Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

    Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
    2020

    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

    Recommendations

    • 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.