
Christmas Reservations
2019

Representation Score
Minimal
2019
TV-GDirector
Ron Oliver
Runtime
88 minutes
Average Rating
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Christmas at the Plaza upholds traditional social norms and straight-centered romantic ideals. It emphasizes seasonal continuity and cultural status quos, avoiding any meaningful deconstruction of these norms. By focusing on a luxury setting and conventional social hierarchies, the film offers little representation for LGBTQ+ individuals, diverse racial groups, or people with disabilities. It serves as a sentimental celebration of Western customs.
Category Breakdown
The film follows a traditional romantic structure focused on a relationship between a woman and a man, reinforcing heterosexual norms.
Jessica's role as a historian provides her with professional independence, but the story still adheres to traditional gender roles centered around emotional labor.
The film maintains a homogeneous cast typical of luxury holiday romances, lacking efforts to include diverse racial backgrounds.
The story celebrates established Western holiday traditions and presents the luxury setting and festive social order as positive and aspirational.
There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities, and the cast focuses on able-bodied protagonists within a conventional social sphere.
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Official Synopsis
With Christmas approaching in New York City, historian Jessica is hired to create an exhibition honoring the history of Christmas at The Plaza Hotel. When she is paired with Nick, a handsome decorator, they wind up enjoying a host of holiday traditions together and find themselves falling for each other.

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