“The Dog Days of Christmas”, it’s a film that really does promote being with family, no matter how difficult things may be. So, if you are feeling that way, I definitely recommend watching this film if you can.
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TITLE: The Dog Days of Christmas
FILM YEAR: 2022
DURATION: 86 Minutes
CHANNEL: Lifetime
Directed by Tori Garrett
Written by Holly Hester
Producer: Steve Jaggi, Spencer McLaren, Kelly Son Hing
Co-Producer: Kylie Pascoe
Associate Producer: Robbie Earl, Ben Sarner, Robin Shelley
Line Producer: Kylie Mascoird
Executive Producers: Jack Christian, Patrick Fischer, Larry Grimaldi, Julianna Hays, Ben Kaye, D.J. Mcpherson, Hannah Pillemer
Music: Craig McConnell
Cinematography: HB Gibson
Edited by Charlotte Cutting
Casting by Marianne Jade, Lou Mitchell
Production Design by Ross Wallace
Art Direction by Matthew Crocker
Costume Design by Jan Hurley
Starring:
Georgia Flood as Annie Blake
Ezekiel Simat as Dylan Hawkes
Anthony Phelan as Dan Blake
Christine Amor as Aunt Claire
Kaushik Das as Gary
Charlotte Stent as Iris
Anna McGahan as Remy
Leon Cain as William
Ling Cooper Tang as Stacy
Mansoor Noor as Phil
For day 38, our latest holiday film is the 2022 Lifetime holiday telefilm “The Dog Days of Christmas” directed by Tori Garrett and written by Holly Hester.
The film stars Georgia Flood (“Here Come the Habibs!”, “Wentworth”, “Anzac Girls”) and Ezekial Simat (“Lambs of God”) and more.
The film is actually interesting as usually films about one who is waiting for a big job and visits home for Christmas is usually about someone trying to land a huge corporate job but in this film, it centers around Annie Blake (portrayed by Georgia Flood) who is just finishing a mission as an aid worker and hasn’t been home for Christmas in three years since the passing of her mother.
Her father and family want to see her and as she arrives home, the first thing Annie does is volunteer to save a local animal shelter, ran by vet and her former debate partner Dylan Hawkes (portrayed by Ezekiel Simat) and takes on more work to the chagrin of her family.
For Annie, taking on more jobs helps her deal with the pain of her mother’s passing but not knowing that even though she is home, she is still remaining distant from them.
Meanwhile, while taking care of three dogs and trying to find them a home and helping Dylan’s animal shelter, the two frienemies managed to grow closer.
For the most part, the film follows the usual banal storyline of woman comes home from Christmas, waiting to find out if she gets a new job, but meanwhile things change when she visits home for Christmas.
But the storyline is different thanks to showing how the protagonist volunteers and keeps herself super busy to avoid the holidays and being with family. She has a good heart of helping others, but when it comes to family, it’s difficult.
And in ways, I do appreciate these kind of films because Christmas is not always the most joyous of occasions for some people. There are people who, like Annie, keep themselves busy with work and try to mask that pain they had with the death of a loved one. I hear it a few times each year and you can only hope these individuals will find the spirit of Christmas in their heart someway, somehow.
And for “The Dog Days of Christmas”, it’s a film that really does promote being with family, no matter how difficult things may be. So, if you are feeling that way, I definitely recommend watching this film if you can.
