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Essential Christmas · 2024

Meet Me Next Christmas

46/100Festive FactorWhy it scores 46 ↓
UK certificate Parental Guidance106 min
Comedy · Romance

A Netflix romcom built around a gig, with Christmas Eve as the deadline.

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The CineClaus Christmas score

Festive Factor

Christmas in good measure.

Two paper elves examine a miniature café scene with a steaming teal cup and a red glove holding a blank ticket. Warm lights frame the rainy city window behind the counter.

A little magic in the making.

Five ingredients make the Festive Factor.
Open an ingredient to find out more.

Christmas in the storyChristmas is the deadline.15/30

What we ask: Take Christmas out. Does the plot survive? Worth up to 30 of the 100 points.

A world dressed for ChristmasVisibly Christmas for about half.10/20

What we ask: How much of the running time is visibly Christmas? Worth up to 20 of the 100 points.

The little seasonal details5 of the 10 kinds of Christmas icon we count turn up on screen.8/15

What we ask: How many kinds of Christmas icon turn up on screen: trees, lights, snow, carols and the rest? Worth up to 15 of the 100 points.

A Christmas heartHow far the ending rests on goodwill, family and belief: partly.10/20

What we ask: Does the ending depend on what Christmas means: goodwill, family, redemption, belief? Worth up to 20 of the 100 points.

A returning traditionNiche at Christmas (under 25,000).3/15

What we ask: Is it actually watched at Christmas in the UK? Worth up to 15 of the 100 points.

80/100

Cosiness Rating Rating

Warm in tone. Mild threat. A happy ending.

How we score →
What do these scores mean?

Festive Factor measures how Christmassy a film is. Five ingredients add up to 100: story (30), setting (20), seasonal details (15), emotional heart (20) and returning tradition (15).

Cosiness is a separate score for warmth of tone, sense of safety, visual comfort, a reassuring ending and how easily you can settle into it.

How the Festive Factor works →
Your next film night

Where to watch

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The story

About Meet Me Next Christmas

A year after a cancelled flight, a hopeless romantic is due to meet the charming stranger she fell for at a Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert, only to find she has no ticket and the show is sold out. With a hard-pressed concierge as her reluctant guide, she races around the city chasing every possible way into the gig, and starts to wonder whether the man she is looking for is the right one.

The CineClaus verdict

A Netflix romcom built around a gig, with Christmas Eve as the deadline.

Christina Milian carries it on charm, and the hunt for a sold-out ticket keeps things moving when the jokes run thin. Pentatonix play themselves with good humour, which is a plus if you already like them and a long night if you don't.

Critics were kinder than viewers here, and both have a point. You will guess the ending early. Made for Pentatonix fans with a soft spot for a cappella carols and modest expectations.

The family desk

Can the kids watch?

PG

Our take: teenagers will be fine with the sex references and language; there is nothing frightening and the ending is happy, though younger children will find little to hold them.

Content advice & accessibility
Our age guidance
Editorial, separate from the official PG certificate, and never looser than it.
Subtitles · Audio description
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The people behind the film

Cast and crew

The faces in front of the camera, and the people who brought the story to life.

Main cast

In billing order
Smiling woman with dark, choppy shoulder-length hair and a fringe, wearing a black ribbed polo-neck jumper, photographed close up indoors.Christina Milianas Layla
Close photograph of a smiling bearded man in a black top, speaking to the camera in a bright hallway.Devale Ellisas Teddy
Singer in a black t-shirt performing on a dark stage, singing into a microphone with one hand outstretchedMitch Grassias Mitch
Scott Hoyingas Scott
Kirstin Maldonadoas Kirstin

Behind the camera

Directed by
Rusty Cundieff
Original score
Dara Taylor
Photo credits

Portraits via Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence, approved for this page by a person. Sources and full photographer credits:

Christina Milian · Greg2600 · Source image (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab).

Devale Ellis · Real Fans Real Talk · Source image (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab).

Mitch Grassi · Ralph Arvesen · Source image (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab).

Keep the Christmas feeling

Music & soundtrack

That tune you recognised. That score you loved. Take a little of the film into the rest of your Christmas.

Every track on the soundtrack album, in album order.

About this music list

These are the songs and soundtrack we hold for the film, not a complete cue sheet, and they give no scene timings. Album track lists and durations come from MusicBrainz. Spotify and Apple Music links open the matched recordings; links marked Search open a search on that service. Album covers are each release's own, from the Cover Art Archive, credited under the cover.

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Step into the story

Filming locations

The real places behind Meet Me Next Christmas. Choose one to explore.

Find it on the mapToronto

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A little more Meet Me Next Christmas

Film facts &
behind the scenes

For the fans who stay after the credits.

On set

Its lead was also an executive producer

Christina Milian, who plays Layla, also worked behind the camera as an executive producer on this straight-to-Netflix film, alongside producers Mark Roberts, Simon Lythgoe and Matt Code.

Read the story

Source: Collider ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Music & sound

Pentatonix appear, and sing even when they talk

The a cappella group Pentatonix has an on-screen role in the film and is heavily involved in its music. Milian has said that even the scenes where the group speak include singing.

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Source: Collider ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Movie magic

Toronto dressed up as a Manhattan Christmas

The story is set in Manhattan, but the shoot took place in Toronto in the spring of 2023. The crew built a street-level subway entrance on location and turned an ordinary room into a luxury shop front to suggest Fifth Avenue.

Read the story

Source: Cast interview, Mama's Geeky ↗ (opens in a new tab)

And at a glance

Releases and certificates
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Sources & a note on these facts

Each production story is linked to its source, in our own words. Ending details stay behind a spoiler reveal.

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