Need a bit of help to get in the holiday spirit in days of pandemic and political nincompoopery? Look no further: the trailer for The Christmas Setup, Lifetime’s first LGBTQ-themed holiday film, has arrived.
The Christmas Setup follows Hugo (Ben Lewis) a successful, big-city gay man who returns to the more midwestern Milwaukee to celebrate Christmas with the family. Though he brings his best friend (Ellen Wong) along for moral support, Hugo’s mom (Fran Drescher) has something else in mind: setting Hugo up with Patrick (Blake Lee) his former high school crush, who has since come out of the closet himself.
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With a gay icon like Drescher and real-life husbands Lee and Lewis in the leading roles, even our cynical hearts can’t say no to The Christmas Setup. The film is just one of several queer-themed holiday comedies to arrive this year, including Happiest Season on Hulu, Dashing in December on the Paramount Network and The Christmas House on the Hallmark Channel.
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The Christmas Setup premieres on Lifetime December 12.
Jake123
Agh Bless
Bengali
It’s about time. And don’t forget “Make The Yuletide Gay”. Wonderful, silly, poignant, endearing. Perfectly cast with so many wonderful actors. Standouts: Kelly Keaton and her “can’t keep it in his pants cause he’s stoned all the time” Derek Long.
Charlie in Charge
So here for this – and mainly because Fran Drescher. It’s nice to have these to look forward to in the coming month.
Catholicslutbox
Why do they have normal looking and acting guys and not hunks/male models or bit*chy/flaming queens?
This is terrible writing! terrible!
How dare they represent gays as something other than stereotypes.
DarkZephyr
Wow, a gay themed movie with two guys.
Josh447
If Blake Lee ever becomes single…..
Gadfeal
Fran was married to a gay husband, and continued co-habiting with him after divorce! She even created a sitcom about it. “Happily Divorced”.
Toofie
Looks as cheesy as every holiday TV movie. I’m in!
Jim
Hey I don’t have cable. Is there a way for me to watch this!!
Fran seems to be in her element.
Josh447
See if you can get Hallmark Channel through roku / internet. You’ll have to pay for it.
Liquid Silver
Needs more nudity. 🙂
michael_totzke
Fran goes for Jesus, is that about it …?
Cam
Right wing Republicans screamed for years that backlash and boycotts don’t work.
Well Lifetime and Hallmark got backlash for not having minorities or LGBTQ representation. And now they’ve included POCs and LGBTQ actors.
Keep the backlash coming.
Oh, and don’t by Koch Brothers products like Brawny paper towls, Dixie products or Angles Soft products.
Josh447
I just saw the movie and it was great. Well cast and a good script. The thing that dawned on me as I watched these two lovers act, was how much Blake Lee seemed like a gay version of Ryan Reynolds in looks and spark.
They both did an excellent job.