I received access to a screener of the movie I’ll Be Next Door For Christmas as well as a box of goodies for free. Opinions of the movie are my own. This was the world’s first Christmas movie to use investment crowdfunding successfully. This means that people helped to fund the movie and received a return on their investment.

In this movie we meet Nicky and her over the top Christmas obsessed family. Nicky’s father is that guy on the block who goes all out on everything Christmas including lights and even costumes. He has such a love of Christmas that it borders on crazy. Well, actually it crosses that border big time. Nicky is not such a fan of Christmas but goes along with everything for the sake of the family until she meets Tanner, a boy at art camp. Tanner lives in Connecticut with his father. They are not big on Christmas because of a very painful memory. So when Tanner and his father come out to California to meet Nicky and her parents Nicky does some fancy thinking to keep her parents from meeting Tanner’s father because the Christmas overload would be too much pain for him.

^{Probably one of the cutest and most original promo kits I’ve ever received. The giant family sweater that is featured in the movie made into a cookie and also a cookie of Lil’ Bub wo plays Parsley in the movie. Adorable and scrumptious!!}

While the movie is certainly filled with a lot of cheesy-ness it is also filled with heart. It is one of those movies where if people were honest with each other then these crazy situations would not happen. It is the “If Woody Had Gone Straight To The Police, This Would Never Have Happened” conundrum. If Nicky had been honest with Tanner up front and then not doubled down on her deception then things could have been resolved before they got out of hand. Although, sometimes you have to go through something to come out the other side smarter and more in tune with everyone involved. I’m being vague because I don’t want to give things away. You can see more of that the movie is like from the trailer below.

I do want to say that there are moments when the movie is much more self-aware than I thought it would be. There are passing comments from people that are things that the audience is thinking as well. I found that rather funny. The movie is PG and would be most appropriate for your teens and tweens. Probably not for my seven year old but I expect from things to go over his head. He will of course never sing Jingle Bells with the correct words ever again if he watches the movie.

While the movie is only available to preorder on iTunes at the moment, it will be available on all of the following platforms on 12/4: iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu, DirecTV, AT&T, Dish, Video on Demand (on cable companies everywhere)

More information about the movie.

This Christmas Is About To Get As Ugly As the Sweaters

Experience the holiday season in a whole new way when I’ll Be Next Door for Christmas arrives on Digital December 4. Starring Juliette Angelo (TV’s “Mad Men”), Beth Littleford (TV’s “The Daily Show”), Jonathan Mangum (TV’s “Let’s Make a Deal”), Nicole Sullivan (TV’s “MADtv”, “The King of Queens”), and the absolutely adorable feline sensation Lil BUB (Nine Lives), the film is a heartwarming comedy that reminds viewers that Christmas is all about spending time with family (even if they drive you crazy). The world’s first Christmas movie to use investment crowdfunding successfully, I’ll Be Next Door for Christmas will be available for the suggested retail price of $12.99.

CAST

• Juliette Angelo: TV’s “Mad Men”, “Criminal Minds”, “NCIS”, “Shameless”
• Beth Littleford: TV’s “The Daily Show”, “Dog with a Blog”,Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Jonathan Mangum: TV’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, “Let’s Make a Deal”
• Nicole Sullivan: TV’s “MADtv”, “The King of Queens”, “Black-ish”
• Kirrilee Berger: TV’s “One Dollar”, “K.C. Undercover”, “Just Add Magic”
• Regan Burns: TV’s “Dog with a Blog”, “2 Broke Girls”, “Comedy Bang Bang”
• Lil BUB: Nine Lives, Cooke Concrete, Lil’ Bub & Friendz

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