{"id":629,"date":"2021-12-24T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/entertainment\/not-ready-for-christmas-movies-watch-this-thanksgiving-day-dramedy-instead\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T12:15:25","slug":"not-ready-for-christmas-movies-watch-this-thanksgiving-day-dramedy-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/entertainment\/not-ready-for-christmas-movies-watch-this-thanksgiving-day-dramedy-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Ready for Christmas Movies? Watch This Thanksgiving Day Dramedy Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>How early is too early to get into the Christmas spirit? Some argue that Christmas starts the day after Halloween, while others say that it\u2019s definitely unacceptable to put up a tree before December. If you fall in the latter camp, then you\u2019re likely having trouble finding something to watch right now as Netflix\u2019s home page is taken over by holiday cheer.<\/p>\n<p>But never fear, 2018\u2019s <em>Lez Bomb<\/em> is the answer to all of your problems. This Thanksgiving Day Dramedy delivers everything you could want from a holiday film\u2014from hilarious family antics to heartfelt moments\u2014while immediately shutting down the singing of any Christmas songs. <strong>If that isn\u2019t enough to convince you to watch it, then one of these reasons surely will:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lez Bomb Trailer #1 (2018) | Movieclips Indie\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nNK6XufsZns?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The hook<\/h2>\n<p>Every good story, be it a TV show, a book, or a film, needs a strong hook. <em>Lez Bomb\u2019s<\/em> hook is one of the best I have ever heard: A young woman decides to reveal her relationship with her girlfriend to her family over Thanksgiving, only to be immediately thwarted when her male roommate is mistaken for her boyfriend. Are you hooked yet?<\/p>\n<p>If that somehow isn\u2019t enough to grab you, <em>Lez Bomb<\/em> offers even more than a coming out story and a mistaken love triangle. There\u2019s the mystery of a woman who keeps showing up in a van at the family-owned hotel; there\u2019s the grief the family feels over their first Thanksgiving without the maternal grandfather; and then there\u2019s all of the things that can go wrong when a family gets together for a holiday, which, in case you don\u2019t remember, is a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The family dynamics<\/h2>\n<p>Many films have attempted to capture the absolute insanity of a family getting together for the holidays, but none have captured it quite as accurately as <em>Lez Bomb<\/em>. When Lauren (Jenna Laurenzo) first arrives home, she attempts to talk to her mother Rose (Deirdre O\u2019Connell) but is instead immediately put to work peeling carrots while her parents bicker about almond cookies. From then on, Lauren\u2019s attempts to get anyone to listen to her are interrupted at every turn.<\/p>\n<p>Her father George (Kevin Pollak) can\u2019t stop eating treats, even insisting that blueberry pie is breakfast. Her grandparents have increasingly inappropriate conversations. Her cousin Jessica (Jordyn DiNatale) sets her eyes on her roommate Austin (Brandon Michael Hall) while her brother John (Davram Stiefler) attempts to flirt with her girlfriend Hailey (Caitlin Mehner), and Uncle Mike (Steve Guttenberg) manages to set the house on fire after smoking weed in the bathroom. If you have ever tried to get a word in when countless family members are constantly talking over each other, then you will definitely relate to Lauren\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The sweet and honest sam-sex relationship<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, it is still rare to see a same-sex relationship in a film, and it\u2019s even more rare for that relationship to be between the two main characters\u2014and I\u2019ve never seen one be portrayed in such a heartwarming and relatable way.<\/p>\n<p>The film opens with a scene in Lauren\u2019s apartment in which Lauren and Hailey are cooking together as they discuss their plans for Thanksgiving the next day. Hailey\u2019s question of what flowers Lauren\u2019s mom likes ends with Lauren telling Hailey she has to let her be the one to give her flowers. If that isn\u2019t sweet enough, throughout the film, Lauren and Hailey continue to escape Lauren\u2019s family drama, sneaking away for one-on-one moments where Lauren reassures Hailey of her feelings for her and where Hailey\u2019s comfort around Lauren shines through as she teases Lauren for her childhood photos and her stuffed animals.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lez Bomb<\/em> also does an excellent job of balancing the truly adorable scenes between Lauren and Hailey with Lauren\u2019s concerns over coming out. Even as Lauren\u2019s family and Lauren herself get in the way of Lauren revealing her sexuality, we never doubt that she has true feelings for Hailey. And each scene in which Lauren finally does manage to get through to her family about her relationship is handled with care and honesty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p><em>Lez Bomb<\/em> takes the familiar plot of a family reuniting for the holidays and makes it more heartwarming and entertaining than ever with its LGBTQ+ relationship, laugh-out-loud lines, and impressive relatability. So whether you\u2019re not quite ready for Christmas or are already about to hit play on your tenth Hallmark movie of the season, why don\u2019t you give this Thanksgiving Day Dramedy a try instead? Because there are few things as comforting as films that make you both laugh and cry, and <em>Lez Bomb<\/em> is bound to be one of them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lez Bomb<\/em> is available for free on Pluto TV It can also be rented or purchased on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/theeverygirl.com\/lez-bomb-review\/\">The Every Girl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How early is too early to get into the Christmas spirit? Some argue that Christmas starts the day after Halloween, while others say that it\u2019s definitely unacceptable to put up a tree before December. If you fall in the latter camp, then you\u2019re likely having trouble finding something to watch right now as Netflix\u2019s home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":636,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}