Notice to fans of the series “The Scott Brothers”: Chad Michael Murray, who played Lucas, is starring in a romantic and sexy Christmas film on Netflix. Here's what you need to know about “The Merry Gentlemen.”
A few weeks before the end-of-year holidays, the platforms are starting to gradually release their original Christmas films, which will delight those who like this type of content.
If the temperatures get lower, Netflix intends to warm you up with a new feel good Christmas film, romantic and a little sensual with dance shows that will get you hot.
A Christmas movie to warm you up
Written by Marla Sokoloff and directed by Peter Sullivan, two Christmas movie experts, The Merry Gentlemen should appeal to fans of the genre because it brings together all the effective ingredients: a woman in the middle of an existential crisis who returns to her hometown and falls in love of a prince charming during the end-of-year holidays (and an appearance by Santa Claus).
The romantic comedy therefore takes up all the codes of the genre while adding a little sensual tone. The Merry Gentlemen tells the story of Ashley, a Broadway dancer who has been performing in the Jingle Belles troupe for a dozen years.
Everything changes when she gets fired to be replaced by a younger dancer. Ashley then decides to spend the end of year holidays with her parents, in her hometown of Sycamoore Creek.
But Ashley has the unpleasant surprise of seeing her parents in difficulty because for lack of money, they risk losing their bar, the Rhythm Room. She then decides to launch a Full Monty-style men's revue show with Luke, the handyman handyman for her parents, the bartender and her brother-in-law Rodger.
The show is such a success that the male troupe even expands with an older sidekick. Ashley's life takes a new turn as she falls in love with Luke.
A “Scott Brothers” star in the casting
If The Merry Gentlemen has a few twists and turns, it nonetheless remains a Christmas film and the happy ending is assured at the end of the feature film, punctuated by comic, romantic and moving sequences.
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Another charming asset of this romcom: the public will be delighted to see Chad Michael Murray again, the unforgettable Lucas Scott in The Scott Brothers. Like the other charming gentlemen in the film, the actor drops his shirt several times and gives his all in the choreographies of the show.
The former star of The Scott Brothers is now a regular in romantic comedies and Christmas films, having appeared in the TV films A Christmas Surprise, Five Greeting Cards for Christmas, Christmas Like Cats and Dogs and Christmas Under His Son. wing. Most recently, you saw him in Mother of the Bride on Netflix.
To complete the romantic duo, The Merry Gentlemen counts on Britt Robertston, an actress well known to screen fans who distinguished herself in the series Life Unexpected, Under The Dome, Casual and For The People.
The film “The Merry Gentlemen” is available on Netflix.
