Netflix's opening salvo for the 2025 festive family film season follows two divorcing parents (the reliable Alicia Silverstone and Oliver Hudson) as they try to deliver one last family Christmas in snowy Vermont with their grown-up children and new partners. The film boasts proper picture-postcard snowy small-town scenery, with every setting drenched in as many Christmas lights and decoration as possible. The film takes a knowing swipe at so-called friendly uncouplings but is also somewhat twee, yet it offers plenty of idiosyncratic characters and comedy of awkward embarrassment. Silverstone strides through the film with her usual sheer professional force, with the rest of the cast chipping in valiantly. With a reasonable number of good jokes and set-ups amongst the general seasonal nonsense, A Merry Little Ex-Mas is mildly entertaining seasonal fare.
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