I love Kirsten Stewart and all but her character, Abby, just annoyed me alot in this movie at times, I perfectly understand where she's coming from but Harper is not a bad person for not wanting to come out.
I was honestly worried Harper was going to be villainized for being scared to come out and... she was but also not at the same time? There's a scene where Abby's gay friend (forgot his name) talks to her about how bad his coming out to his parents went and I liked that, it was admittedly a pretty powerful scene but than after that, when Harper does decide to come out, Abby is still mad cuz it was "too late" ? Like, girl... Are you serious? You finally got what you wanted and YOU'RE STILL MAD??
To be fair though, Harper wasn't completely innocent either, she did lie to Abby multiple times and she's the one that dragged her girlfriend to her homophobic family's house under false pretenses, but worst of all she smashed her sister's painting over her other sister, Sloan, now don't get me wrong, Sloan did try to out Harper to everyone so she honestly deserved that but her other sister, Jane literally spent hours on that painting. (which was really nice by the way)
Still, despite my criticisms I do appreciate the movie tackling the fear of coming out (especially in the Christmas season), even with the execution being a bit clumsy and the ending being not very realistic, I had a decent time nonetheless, it's just not something I'd watch every year or anything.
I was honestly worried Harper was going to be villainized for being scared to come out and... she was but also not at the same time? There's a scene where Abby's gay friend (forgot his name) talks to her about how bad his coming out to his parents went and I liked that, it was admittedly a pretty powerful scene but than after that, when Harper does decide to come out, Abby is still mad cuz it was "too late" ? Like, girl... Are you serious? You finally got what you wanted and YOU'RE STILL MAD??
To be fair though, Harper wasn't completely innocent either, she did lie to Abby multiple times and she's the one that dragged her girlfriend to her homophobic family's house under false pretenses, but worst of all she smashed her sister's painting over her other sister, Sloan, now don't get me wrong, Sloan did try to out Harper to everyone so she honestly deserved that but her other sister, Jane literally spent hours on that painting. (which was really nice by the way)
Still, despite my criticisms I do appreciate the movie tackling the fear of coming out (especially in the Christmas season), even with the execution being a bit clumsy and the ending being not very realistic, I had a decent time nonetheless, it's just not something I'd watch every year or anything.