Brandy Norwood and Heather Graham Are Old College Pals in Charming Best. Christmas. Ever! Trailer

‘The best. Christmas. Ever!’ is on Netflix on November 16

Brandy Norwood and Heather Graham get into some holiday antics together.

In the first trailer for Netflix The best. Christmas. Ever!the pair play old college friends who unexpectedly reunite for the holidays: Jackie (Norwood, 44) has a seemingly perfect life, and Charlotte (Graham, 53), who feels inferior, is determined to find out if it’s real or a facade.

“Every Christmas, Jackie sends out a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal,” according to the official plot synopsis.

“When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove that her old friend’s life can’t be so perfect.”

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Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood and Madison Validum in “Best. Christmas. Ever!”.

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The best. Christmas. Ever! directed by Mary Lambert, who directed the 1989 Stephen King film Five Sematary. The film’s cast also includes Jason Biggs, Matt Cedeño, Wyatt Hunt, Abby Villasmil and Madison Skye Validum.

Lambert told Today.com in October that Graham’s character “just doesn’t like Christmas” because it “makes him feel out of place.”

She added: “I think there are a lot of people who feel that way sometimes. And then there are people like Brandy’s character, who embrace joy and fun and faith [of] season.”

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Jason Biggs, Abby Villasmil, Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Madison Skye Validum, Matt Cedeno and Wyatt Hunt in “Best. Christmas. Ever!”.

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“You get together and everyone reacts to the holidays in a different way,” Lambert added. “But everybody wants to be happy at the bottom of it all. Everybody really wants to fight the darkness and celebrate that the shortest day of the year is gone and it’s going to kind of start getting brighter and brighter from then on.” The director also praised Norwood’s infectious positivity on set.

Brandy Norwood in “Best. Christmas. Ever!”.

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“She just exudes joy and happiness, and when she walks into a room and is ready to be part of the group, everyone is so happy,” she said. “It’s like a flash of light… She just kind of breathes you in and then breathes you in again. And you’re better when she breathes you in.”

The best. Christmas. Ever! is on Netflix on November 16.

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