
Merry Christmas, Baby
2016

Representation Score
Minimal
2015
Not RatedDirector
Rhonda Baraka
Runtime
90 minutes
Average Rating
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A Baby for Christmas is a conventional holiday film that adheres to established genre expectations. It functions as a traditional domestic drama, focusing on the internal pressures of a single family unit. The film reinforces standard social hierarchies, particularly through its heterosexual focus and adherence to Western holiday clichés. While it explores women's ability to drive the story through career and parenting struggles, it does so within traditional frameworks. Ultimately, the production offers limited representation of multiple aspects of identity, opting instead for a predictable, homogeneous portrayal of family life and seasonal spirit.
Category Breakdown
The story revolves around a heterosexual relationship between Stephanie and Lawrence, with no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or critiques of traditional romantic structures.
Female characters face both domestic pressures and professional ambitions. The film highlights women’s ability to drive the story but also relies on traditional gender archetypes like the nurturing mother and the career-driven woman.
The narrative focuses on the Chandler family, following a homogeneous casting pattern without any indication of multicultural blending or diverse casting.
The film uses traditional Western holiday clichés and a conventional moral framework. Themes of mission work suggest a traditional approach to spirituality and seasonal customs.
The film does not include any characters with visible or invisible disabilities, thus offering no representation in this category.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
It's Christmas with the Chandlers but no one seems to have the Christmas spirit - except for Stephanie, that is. Marci and Blair are obsessing over being the perfect parents, Myra and Donald have retired and suddenly feel useless and Elizabeth is bending over backwards to get a promotion at work. Add to that Stephanie's blooming romance with Lawrence - who is torn between being with her and continuing his mission work - and Christmas seems to be taking a back seat. That is, until a group of kids at an orphanage helps the family to realize that there's more to Christmas than wrapping gifts and baking cookies.

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