Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.
Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
romcom
fake husband
perfect life
holiday romance
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2.3 / 5
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Cast
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Joy Edwards
Chad Michael Murray
Max
Ayesha Curry
Liza
Josh Reich
Hawk
Taya Messier
Sabrina
Helene Lohan Cameron
Marta
Guy Sprung
Freddie
Daniel Kash
Merriman
Farid Yazdani
Josh
Kelly Martin
Mother
Steven Pigozzo
Cameraman
Marty Moreau
TV Announcer
Crew
Jerry Ciccoritti
Director
Neal H. Dobrofsky
Writer
Tippi Dobrofsky
Writer
Brad Krevoy
Executive Producer
Lorenzo Nardini
Executive Producer
Amanda Phillips
Executive Producer
Jerry Ciccoritti
Executive Producer
David Anselmo
Producer
Popular Reviews
24 reviews
abbyPRO
9.0★ · 12/31/25
4 and half only because cmm is in it. otherwise kind of ehhhh
4 and half only because cmm is in it. otherwise kind of ehhhh
Amanda K
5.0★ · 12/25/25
I only watched this for CMM. I still could not tell you what the hell kind of book she writes. Also insanely predictable in a way that’s a bit much for me and the resolutions were out of nowhere it felt like. Meh.
I only watched this for CMM. I still could not tell you what the hell kind of book she writes. Also insanely predictable in a way that’s a bit much for me and the resolutions were out of nowhere it felt like. Meh.
adri wan kenobi
1.0★ · 12/23/25
“she doesn’t have anyone to cook for” so why the fuck does she have a guest house
“she doesn’t have anyone to cook for” so why the fuck does she have a guest house
makayla holkesvik
7.0★ · 12/22/25
two things that i love chad michael murray and a cheesy christmas movie
two things that i love chad michael murray and a cheesy christmas movie
chloe wilks
5.0★ · 12/18/25
now what the hell was that accent Mr. Chad Michael Murray????????????????
Not my fave in the CMMCMCU (Chad Michael Murray Christmas movie cinematic universe) but not my least favorite?
now what the hell was that accent Mr. Chad Michael Murray????????????????
Not my fave in the CMMCMCU (Chad Michael Murray Christmas movie cinematic universe) but not my least favorite?
