#Let me watch the best man holiday movie

#Let me watch the best man holiday movie

Perhaps a Christmas movie more out of its association with a shitload of toys than because of a seasonal vibe (though Santa Claus does make an appearance), вЂњBabes In Toyland,вЂќ a very loose adaptation of the operetta of the same name, is another movie that became a holiday TV staple, airing on New YorkвЂ™s WPIX for many years. The Christmas backdrop elevates the fairy tale feel of the story, even if itвЂ™s a bittersweet one for much of its running time, and the perfect climax to a perfect film warms your heart like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Though often incredibly funny, WilderвЂ™s film stands apart from other holiday films by its rich vein of melancholy, and none more so than during arguably the movieвЂ™s most memorable stretch, involving a Christmas party where everyone finds out everything thatвЂ™s going on, and Lemmon finds MacLaine having attempted suicide in his apartment, and then spends several days with her while she recuperates.

Kubelik ( Shirley MacLaine), who is in fact the mistress of his boss Sheldrake ( Fred MacMurray). Billy WilderвЂ™s film, maybe the greatest romantic comedy ever made, stars Jack Lemmon as an ambitious, lonely office drone who lets his higher-ups use his apartment for their extra-marital affairs. Perhaps more than anything else, this makes вЂњThe ApartmentвЂќ a Christmas movie: though it spans a few months and climaxes memorably on New YearвЂ™s Eve, the film makes as great a use of the holidays as anything else here. If a Christmas-time setting is useful for anything, itвЂ™s often to play up a sense of loneliness in a character -the holidays are meant to be a time to spend with loved ones and family, and you can isolate a character beautifully by the simple means of surrounding them with festive revels.