It’s been a minute since I brought a movie to you all. With the main event over, I thought I would share a film that characterizes the festive season like no other, which also doubles up as the most important event after the actual Christmas celebrations, and that is Boxing Day. I hardly see films that feature Boxing Day as a main event, and then I remembered this piece I saw a few years back. It does have the most obvious name but I still thought, why not?
Written by Aml Ameen, Boxing Day tells the story of Melvin (Aml Ameen) coming back to London from Los Angeles for the first time in two years to promote his newly released book. With his American girlfriend, Lisa Dixon (Aja Naomi King), the journey to London to meet his large, lovable, mildly dysfunctional British-Caribbean family. But then, things begin to get slightly messy due to the presence of Melvin’s childhood sweetheart and ex-girlfriend, who is now a famous superstar, Georgia (Gigi) Folorunsho (Leigh-Anne Pinnock). It gets worse when Lisa discovers that Gigi still has feelings for Melvin. The odds feel grossly against Lisa when she further discovers that Melvin’s sister, Boobsy (Tamara Lawrance), is Gigi’s assistant and best friend.
In between all of that is the real reason Melvin left home which is his parents’ divorce on Boxing Day two years ago and how that influenced his perfectionist views of love and relationship. Will Gigi and Melvin rekindle their love that stems from way back, or would he finally make his intentions known to Lisa, and that too, before it’s too late.
I remember this film being a recommendation from my sister, whose main attraction to it then was that the British accent was to die for. And while that was not my main reason for seeing the film myself, it was certainly an encouragement. So, I did and while it’s clearly not the award-winning type nor would I rank it as one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen, it certainly held a lot of appeal to me.
The banter was nostalgic. When it comes to celebrations in a Black household, you can count on one sure thing: noise. Lots and lots of it. Everyone is talking, and everyone has something to say. It hits especially hard when everyone has been in other places throughout the year and is now meeting up at the end of the year. Stories shared lots of exaggeration and lots of demonstration. It’s the ideal setting for nonstop laughter, and Boxing Day with their family arguments and food fights had me reminiscing.
I loved the process of love between Lisa and Melvin. All the steps they took to understand their feelings for each other and properly ascertain how much they mean to each other. One thing that will always be glaring is new love in the face of history, so there are insecurities every step of the way. Trying to pave your way through all of that to establish something meaningful, drama-free, and strong needs a lot of intentionality, and that’s what was showcased on Boxing Day.
There’s a lot of beauty to it, and frankly, where Christmas is concerned, the subject of family and love is never too far. So yeah, Boxing Day is not the type you may want to see more than once unless you truly enjoyed it, but it scarcely matters since the vital points have been discussed. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this. Merry Christmas from us here at Cine Tv!
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