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Film Threat’s Spotlight on The Christmas Spirit: A Review Feature
Film Threat’s Spotlight on The Christmas Spirit: A Review Feature
During his Christmas Eve sermon, the pastor noted that for most of us, Christmas is a time of great joy or deep sorrow. In Bennett de Brabandele’s The Spirit of Christmas, the protagonist must take extreme measures to overcome his sorrow and find joy, with the help of the Lucha Libre Spirit of Christmas. Years ago, young Cole (Jordan Chronis) was more interested in playing video games than helping his sister put up Christmas lights. When his sister tried to put up lights on the roof, she accidentally hanged herself just outside Cole’s bedroom window. During the funeral, Cole is visited by the aforementioned Lucha Santa Ghost (Nicholas Grimes), who is banished for haunting Cole until he is forgiven for his sister’s death. Returning to the present, Cole (Zion Forrest Lee) is a grown man who hasn’t done much with his life. The guilt of the past and the spirit of Christmas haunt us wherever we go. Fated to haunt Cole forever, the ghost claims that later this year Cole will be forgiven. The spirit discovers Maggie (Mattia Jaquet), a social media influencer. Maggie’s father finds out that her mother had an affair with Maggie’s piano teacher and moves away from the family just before Christmas. Maggie looked just like Cole’s sister and was the perfect replacement for forgiveness. The plan was simple. Your plan.
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Of course, convincing Maggie will be easier. The plan is kept secret from Maggie’s best friend, Gina (Eman Ayaz), a group of local gangsters seeking revenge against Cole, and the two incompetent police officers investigating Maggie’s kidnapping, so it won’t be easy for her to carry it out over the holidays. That. Probably not. If you’re looking for a heartwarming Christmas story, you won’t find it in The Spirit of Christmas. Quite the opposite. De Brabander’s interpretation is an anti-Christmas story, which is what gives the film its “charm.” “The Spirit of Christmas” gives the impression of a loosely Christmas story at the end, but in essence it is a dark tale of a madman who speaks to ghosts and asks them to kidnap Maggie the Christmas tree. He even gets kidnapped as long as he is filmed for his social media accounts.
I used the word “charming,” but “eerie” would be a better word. Zion Forrest Lee plays the most complex character as Cole. Deep down, he wants to forget the past, and he’s more determined than ever to put his reputation aside and move forward, so how far is he willing to go to believe in ghosts? It’s hard to understand. Zion makes us feel enough sympathy for Cole that we want to root for him. Matia Jackett is both down-to-earth and street smart. She goes along with Cole’s plan and wants to see how far his deception can go before using him to her disastrous results. Street gangsters and an incompetent cop provide comic relief and some neat tricks to move the plot forward. As we’ve said, “The Spirit of Christmas” is not your typical Christmas fairy tale. Whether you like this movie or not depends on how invested you are in the story. It’s insane and leads to over-the-top, violent situations.If you belong to the niche audience that loves holiday pessimism and vanity, you should give “Christmas Spirit” a chance.
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