Boxing Day (2021)

Directed by

Aml Ameen

Genre

Christmas film, romantic comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British man returns to his family in London with his American fiancée for Christmas. He has to balance his book launch with introducing his partner to his Caribbean-British relatives.

romanticheartfeltfestivewarmlightheartedfamily-orientedcheerfulgentle

What happens

Boxing Day is a 2021 British romantic-comedy Christmas film written by and starring Aml Ameen in his directorial debut. The film also stars Aja Naomi King and Leigh-Anne Pinnock - the latter making her acting debut - and is notably the first British Christmas romcom with an almost entirely Black cast. Situated primarily in London, the film follows Melvin Mckenzie (Aml Ameen) as he returns home to London after two years to launch his new book and introduce his fiancée to his family. Ameen created Boxing Day to represent his own experiences growing up in England with his own Caribbean-British family, drawing on commonly seen tropes from other famous Christmas movies, such as Love Actually. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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