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Review: ‘A Big Fat Family Christmas’ is a pleasant Hallmark holiday film

“A Big Fat Family Christmas,” starring Shannon Kook and Shannon Chan-Kent, is a compelling Hallmark holiday film, which revolves around Asian-American families.

'A Big Fat Family Christmas'
'A Big Fat Family Christmas.' Photo Credit: Allister Foster, Hallmark Media
'A Big Fat Family Christmas.' Photo Credit: Allister Foster, Hallmark Media

“A Big Fat Family Christmas,” starring Shannon Kook and Shannon Chan-Kent, is a compelling Hallmark holiday film, which revolves around Asian-American families.

Jennifer Liao directed the movie from a script written by Justine Wetzell-Chang and co-written by Blaine Chiappetta. It highlights Asian voices, especially since the director and co-writer are Asian female filmmakers.

In “A Big Fat Family Christmas,” Liv Chang (Shannon Chan-Kent), a photographer at the San Francisco Chronicle, lives a low-key life. She has curated what she believes to be the perfect life for herself, a little less Chinese and a little more American.

As a social media influencer, she even goes by the name Liv Rose. Her family, on the other hand, represents something a bit more loud, proud and Chinese. They are the infamous Chang family, responsible for throwing the biggest, annual holiday block party in the neighborhood.

Their party is a celebration of Chinese American culture, which Liv finds to be
over the top. She has managed to keep her family a secret until she is forced to partner with Henry (Shannon Kook), a new coworker, to cover her family’s annual celebration.

Shannon Kook is charming as Henry, and his female lead Shannon Chan-Kent is bubbly and vivacious as Liv, and towards the end, she even showcases her impressive singing voice. It is extremely well-written and poignant, and hopefully, this is a harbinger that there will be more Hallmark films with Asian-American characters, actors and storylines in the future.

Markos Papadatos
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Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 22,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.

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