![]() ![]() Through some painful expository dialogue, we learn from present-day Jennifer that Gabby died before they could reconcile. ![]() (Both girls are played by younger actors in the flashback.) Gabby bails on their plans so she can sleep with a jerk named Vinnie, and Jennifer is so upset that she tells Gabby to lose her number. In a flashback from 20 years ago, we see a teenage Jennifer preparing a Christmas spread for Gabby, who’s supposed to come over to help her decorate the tree. The holiday also marks the anniversary of Jennifer’s friendship-ending falling-out with Gabby. (They should have gone one step further and called it A Surprise New York Christmas Wedding, which would have been accurate to the plot.) It’s not, but there are a fair number of recognizable tropes in the movie: The film opens with a line about the 8 million love stories in New York City, Jennifer has left her job at Goldman Sachs for a lower-paying but presumably more fulfilling one at a vet’s office, and Christmas is a tough time of year for her because both of her parents are dead. When I first heard about it, I assumed it was a parody of holiday movie clichés based on the title alone. I’m now going to reveal what happens in this movie, because it is impossible to describe the depth of its mania if I don’t. ![]()
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