Polygon.com / 04.12.24

Love Actually director did not expect the Love Actually gag in his Netflix Christmas movie

Richard Curtis new animated Netflix movie That Christmas has more than a little in common with his previous holiday classic Love Actually. While ones a family-friendly childrens flick and the other is a romantic comedy, both films have intertwined storylines following multiple characters across the backdrop of a festive yet stressful Christmas season. In a prerelease interview, however, Curtis tells Polygon that one big thing differentiates That Christmas:  Theres no nudity, very little swearing, he jokes.  Directed by Simon Otto with a script from Curtis and Peter Souter, That Christmas adapts three separate Christmas-themed childrens books written by Curtis and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb. The book That Christmas is about a group of children who get to celebrate the holidays their way when their parents get stranded at a wedding. The Empty Stocking follows twin sisters: Ones on Santas nice list, and the other has been quite naughty this year. And in Snow Day, a lonely boy spends an...
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