Review

A Make or Break Holiday
Subtitle: Love, Lies, and Mistletoe Alibis

If there's one thing Hallmark movies have taught us, it's that there's no better time to fake a relationship than during the most chaotic, emotionally charged week of the year: Christmas! In A Make or Break Holiday, two attractive, non-threateningly quirky leads decide to break up—then promptly un-break-up for just one week so they don’t ruin their families’ Yuletide spirit. Nothing says “holiday cheer” like passive-aggressively coordinating matching pajamas while pretending you still like each other.

As per Hallmark holiday movies tradition, this couple is clearly on the brink of collapse... so naturally they agree to host both families under one overly-decorated roof while keeping their "we’re-totally-still-in-love" charade alive. Between passive in-law commentary, rogue ornament placement, and kitchen disasters involving nutmeg, they slowly remember what brought them together: the ability to argue without throwing a snow globe.

Hunter King and Evan Roderick deliver classic Hallmark chemistry—the kind where every disagreement somehow ends with Christmas cookies and a soft instrumental swell. No one’s job is ever truly explained, no one seems to work during the busiest time of year, and yet there’s always enough time to reflect wistfully while sipping hot cocoa at an outdoor tree lot lit like the Vegas Strip.

By the end, you’ll be rooting for this couple to stay together... mostly because you just watched them survive the nightmare of co-hosting Christmas dinner with both sets of parents. And if that’s not love, I don’t know what is.

Final Verdict:
A festive, fauxmantic farce that proves Hallmark holiday movies are the true masters of turning emotional crisis into cozy content. Also, bonus points for zero actual consequences and maximum pine-scented plot devices.