Holly Star (2018)

A puppeteer gets fired so goes home with her tail between her legs. Her parents are away for Christmas, but they left her a gift in the form of her Grandmother's car (neglecting to tell Grandma). Her best friend is rough and weird in a good way and there's a Christmas tree lot-working love interest.

I want to be clear: this is not a good movie, but there were enough offbeat bits to make it watchable. There were a few dreams and memories that were acted out by puppets... those were weird but new. And the best friend should have a movie written about her. But, as a whole, it's a bunch of odd ideas (hidden treasure mystery, constant car drama, inducement of "life before your eyes" flashes, etc) crammed together in a story that doesn't amount to much. It felt as though the writer had been jotting down ideas since he was a teen and finally stuck them all in a single screenplay.

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