How to Ruin the Holidays

Dec 15, 2023

1h 34m

★ 5.2

The only thing worse than being away... is coming home.

Overview

When a struggling comedian reluctantly returns home for the holidays, not only must she deal with her eccentric family, but she ultimately faces a life-changing decision about her special-needs brother.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Buffalo 8

Dad's Garage

Krog Street

How to Ruin the Holidays Trailers

Cast

Michelle

Amber Nash

Dad

Colin Mochrie

Mark

Luke Davis

Andrea

Kate Lambert

Suzy

Aisha Tyler

Larry

Henry Zebrowski

Phil Poon

Ronny Chieng

Mom

Caroline Aaron

Yoga Instructor

Andrea Laing

LA Woman 1

Bianca Garcia

LA Woman 2

Danielle Maner

Director

Freddy Boyd

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