Joy to the World

2025

Action / Romance

6
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 995 995

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Plot summary

Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.

Director

Jerry Ciccoritti Photo
Jerry Ciccoritti

Top cast

Emmanuelle Chriqui Photo
Emmanuelle Chriqui as Joy
Chad Michael Murray Photo
Chad Michael Murray as Max Rocklin
Farid Yazdani Photo
Farid Yazdani as Josh
Ayesha Curry Photo
Ayesha Curry as Liza
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803.24 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 6
1.61 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by L J 7 / 10

This was a very cute Christmas movie. Something

This was a very cute Christmas movie. Something we can all relate to.
Reviewed by TheMovieSearch R 5 / 10

Joy to the World is a holiday film

Joy to the World is a holiday film that lands firmly in the middle. It is not terrible but it is far from great, mainly due to a screenplay that feels loose and overly dependent on ad-libbed dialogue. While the film has moments of charm, many scenes feel rushed, especially when the story should slow down to build emotional weight. Chad Michael Murray is one of the film’s strongest elements, delivering a grounded performance that helps carry the uneven narrative. He commits fully, even when the dialogue drifts into corny territory, and brings credibility to scenes the script does not fully earn. The concept of a woman inventing a family to sell a book, shaped by her foster care upbringing, is compelling. Unfortunately, this emotional core is underdeveloped, resulting in a payoff that feels muted. Supporting characters are thinly written, which further weakens the impact. Overall, Joy to the World is a watchable seasonal film with a cute idea, but it struggles to deliver lasting depth.
Reviewed by aya t 6 / 10

Hey, I'ved seen a similar plot from the

hey, I'ved seen a similar plot from the much more better 5 star original screwball movie with barbara stanwyck called "Christmas in Connecticut!" but where stanwyck plays a single nyc girl magazine writer who pretends to be the perfect farm housewife w' baby for her lifestyle column with recipes n homemaking tips but has like zero experiance hosting a xmas dinner party for a ww2 war hero. problem is she can't even boil water, but gets roped into hosting by her publisher, lol. she also ends up complicating the sit by falling for the warhero.
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