She's Making a List

Name: She's Making a List
Released: 2025
Duration: 84 min

58/100Festive FactorWhy it scores 58 ↓

Not BBFC rated84 min
Romance · Fantasy

Hallmark's workplace comedy: Santa has outsourced his list to a consultancy, and its inspector is sent to…

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The CineClaus Christmas score

Festive Factor

Christmas in good measure.

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Christmas in the storyChristmas drives it, firmly.25/30

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 details3 of the 10 kinds of Christmas icon we count turn up on screen.5/15

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: substantially.15/20

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.

82/100

Cosiness Rating Rating

Warm in tone. Nothing bad can really happen. A happy ending.

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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.

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The story

About She's Making a List

A consultant from the firm that now decides who is on Santa's naughty or nice list is sent to assess an eleven-year-old girl. She ends up falling for the girl's widowed father, and has to choose between her firm's rigid formula and what she feels. Lacey Chabert and Andrew W. Walker lead, in a Hallmark Channel original.

The CineClaus verdict

Hallmark's workplace comedy: Santa has outsourced his list to a consultancy, and its inspector is sent to judge one eleven-year-old and her widowed dad. The premise is the best thing here, a gentle jab at algorithms deciding who deserves a present.

Much of the middle is office and stakeout rather than snow, and the last act hurries. Still, Lacey Chabert and Andrew W. Walker are easy company, the ending is kind, and it is an undemanding 84 minutes.

The family desk

Can the kids watch?

Not BBFC rated

Our take: fine for most children from about five. There is no real threat, only a cold company and a girl who feels judged.

Content advice & accessibility

Not BBFC rated: The BBFC has no classification for this film, so it has no UK certificate. Our age guidance above is editorial, not an official rating.