Lindsay Lohan’s ‘cringe’ new Netflix Christmas movie torn apart in scathing reviews

The star-studded caller Christmas movie connected Netflix has been branded ‘cringe’, ‘stiff’ and ‘poorly written’ successful scathing reviews.

In the past fewer weeks, fans person been blessed with a drawstring of festive films – including Hot Frosty, the Merry Gentlemen and Dwayne Johnson’s Red One.

Our Little Secret, which was released today, has present joined the ranks, with Lindsay Lohan starring the formed beside Ian Harding, Kristin Chenoweth, Tim Meadows, Henry Czerny and Judy Reyes.

It follows erstwhile mates Avery (Lindsay) and Logan (Ian) arsenic they are unwittingly thrown backmost unneurotic for Christmas aft realizing that their caller partners are really siblings.

They determine not to spill the beans astir their romanticist past successful a bid to not marque things awkward and support their existent relationships but, unsurprisingly, this makes the festive play a batch much difficult.

The Mean Girls icon isn’t caller to the Netflix family arsenic Our Little Secret marks her 3rd archetypal movie with the streamer – however, the critics were near earnestly unimpressed with her latest offering.

Variety’s Owen Gleiberman branded it ‘crumpled tinsel of a antithetic order’, penning: ‘I’m tempted to accidental that it achieves afloat Netflix cookie-cutter. I cringed, I grimaced, I said “No!…,” I forced myself to halt looking astatine however overmuch clip determination was left.’

Brennan Klein from ScreenRant panned: ‘A compelling publication tin prevention a bland oregon adjacent disfigured movie, but Our Little Secret lacks this too. 

‘The setups for the movie’s large comic setpieces … are mostly forced, hollow, and cliché, requiring an astatine champion lackadaisical attack to knowing quality psychology.

‘As a result, there is simply a gaping void of chemistry betwixt the 2 leads that sinks each past spot of imaginable for Our Little Secret to beryllium satisfying arsenic a romance.’

Emma Kiely of Collider described it arsenic a ‘stiff, poorly written drama that is somewhat saved by the performances of its 2 leads’.

‘Nothing tin beryllium said for the remaining formed arsenic they capable successful immoderate of the astir underwritten characters the streamer has ever brought to life, but for Chenoweth,’ she added.

‘It’s a relation made for her and contempt the subpar writing, she sinks her teeth and makes this one-dimensional villain into a wicked delight.

‘Come for Lohan, enactment for Harding, and ticker until the extremity for Kristin Chenoweth — each portion ignoring immoderate of the astir robotic dialog your ears ever heard.’

As Emily Zelmer from the Observer simply added: ‘Netflix has been connected a winning streak with Lindsay Lohan vacation movies. Until now, that is.’

Our Little Secret is the latest successful a precise agelong enactment of festive flicks gracing Netflix this year, with Hot Frosty, The Merry Gentlemen and Meet Me Next Christmas conscionable immoderate of the others connected offer.

The authoritative synopsis reads: ‘Two resentful exes are forced to walk Christmas nether the aforesaid extortion aft discovering that their existent partners are siblings.’

Lindsay, who has been a staple of the large surface since the 90s, spoke retired implicit the comparisons to her astir caller Netflix projects – Falling for Christmas and Irish Wish – insisting that she wanted to absorption connected a ‘more mature’ movie this clip around.

‘Falling for Christmas was much fun, it was a batch much whimsical, I would say,’ she told Radio Times. ‘And aft Irish Wish, I wanted to thing that was a spot much mature, character-wise, and relatable successful antithetic ways. So that’s wherefore I fell successful emotion with this story.

‘And it’s Christmassy, but it’s not, like, Christmas successful your face, which I besides like, it’s not Christmas overload.

‘Which is great, Christmas overload. But determination was a spot much of a equilibrium of a existent communicative down it.’

Our Little Secret is connected Netflix now.

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