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Joy to the World

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Joy to the World

Oct 31, 2025

1h 27m

★ 6.4

She created the perfect life. Now she has to create the perfect family.

Overview

Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Motion Picture Corporation of America

BRK Distribution

Brad Krevoy Productions

Brad Krevoy Television

Hideaway Pictures

All Canadian Entertainment

HP Christmas Joy Productions

Cast

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Joy Edwards

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Chad Michael Murray

Max

Chad Michael Murray

Ayesha Curry

Liza

Ayesha Curry

Josh Reich

Hawk

Josh Reich

Taya Messier

Sabrina

Taya Messier

Helene Lohan Cameron

Marta

Helene Lohan Cameron

Guy Sprung

Freddie

Guy Sprung

Daniel Kash

Merriman

Daniel Kash

Farid Yazdani

Josh

Farid Yazdani

No Image

Redhead

Sarah Hillier

Kelly Martin

Mother

Kelly Martin

Steven Pigozzo

Cameraman

Steven Pigozzo

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