Former sports gambling addict Chance needs $60,000 to save his mother from nursing home eviction. So he falls back into his old habits, only to learn he's never lost a bet on Christmas. Is this the Christmas miracle he's been waiting for? Or just an addict who can't control himself?
Acting
Scott Hamm Duenas makes desperation physically uncomfortable to watch
Direction
Yates treats Christmas lights like crime scene fluorescence
Writing
The 'Christmas miracle' premise weaponized against itself
Director
Kenny Yates
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Kenny Yates' directorial debut after years as a music video director for hip-hop artists, which explains the neon-noir Christmas aesthetic.
Released into a landscape of 'anti-hallmark' holiday films, it joins the growing subgenre of Christmas movies about economic precarity rather than cozy romance.
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