After years under the radar, Lindsay Lohan is returning to her roots with the romantic comedy Falling For Christmas, which arrived on Netflix on November 10. In the film, she plays a spoiled heiress who finds herself in the care of a handsome lodge owner and his daughter after suffering a skiing accident.
Fans couldn’t be more excited to see Lohan star in another traditional rom-com – this time with a cozy Christmas setting that sets the tone perfectly for the sweet last days of 2022 – but only time will tell. if it lives up to the expectations set by his other top-rated films on Letterboxd.
10/10 Falling for Christmas (2022) – 2.7/5
Lindsay Lohan’s long-awaited return to her traditional rom-com roots has been enthusiastically received by fans, but doesn’t go beyond a generic Christmas tale, for better or worse. The film offers a welcome Christmas energy and a compelling use of the forced closeness trope, avoiding any such kind of risk.
While not exactly a thought-provoking seasonal masterpiece, Falling for Christmas is nonetheless a fun movie, perfect for getting viewers into the Christmas spirit. Lohan’s infectious charisma is present in every scene, even though Sierra is one of her least likable characters, a sign that the fan-favorite actress still gets it and is ready for more.
9/10 Just My Luck (2006) – 2.9/5
Just My Luck is committed to combining every mid-2000s rom-com cliché into a fantasy story. In the film, Lindsay Lohan is the luckiest woman alive and Chris Pine is a bad luck magnet. When they share a passionate kiss at a party, their fortunes change.
The chemistry between the main couple and the contrast of luck between the two carry the film, but unfortunately Just My Luck tries to be way too many things at once, consequently not standing out in any aspect. It’s far from a bad movie though; easily a certified Sunday afternoon fun watch.
8/10 LARP (2000) – 2.9/5
Life-Size is a TV movie that wants to be a TV movie: it does not try to hide its cheap look and the melodrama of the narration intensifies with each scene. In the film, a young Lindsay Lohan plays Casey, who tries to bring her mother back from the dead, but the spell backfires and awakens a life-size Barbie-like toy named Eve.
Easygoing comedies with a dash of whimsy have become the hallmark of movies Lohan has starred in, and Life-Size is no different. Although the movie has some hilarious moments, the childish narrative doesn’t quite stick to the landing as it tries to develop a romance between Casey’s dad and the life-size doll, which arguably makes the movie too weird for some. public.
7/10 Machete (2010) – 3.0/5
Robert Rodriguez’s signature film, Machete reimagines fans’ image of Lindsay Lohan as the sweet romantic comedy loser. The film is a bloody, anxiety-inducing action piece that revolves around an abusive ex-federal who goes on a brutal rampage for revenge against his former boss.
In one of her most memorable appearances, Lohan shows up dressed as a nun, pointing a loaded gun at one of the film’s villains, played by Robert DeNiro. Machete is a niche action movie, only for those who like an absurd amount of blood splattering everywhere and a handful of explosions, much more focused on good fights and action scenes than any real plot. Not for everyone, but a fun ride from start to finish.
6/10 Bobby (2006) – 3.0/5
Bobby follows a day in the life of a group of strangers bound together by a tragic common event: the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Much like Magnolia and 21 Grams, the film explores how a small-scale event can eventually change and connect the lives of everyone around it.
Lindsay Lohan shines among a stellar cast in one of her great dramatic roles. However, Bobby’s excessive cast of characters does the story a disservice and instead distracts viewers from the emotional impact of the tragedy that unites them. It ends up being a botched drama carried by the many powerful performances from talented actors such as Anthony Hopkins, Heather Graham and of course Lindsay Lohan.
5/10 Confessions of a Teen Drama Queen (2004) – 3.1/5
Many of the tween queens of the 2000s were brought together in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, with Lindsay Lohan playing the titular character at the height of her career. The film centers on Lola, a teenager who moves to New Jersey and finds herself competing with the most popular girl in school.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen works as a pitch-perfect satire of the teen movie trends of its time, encapsulating the formula that made high school comedies of the 2000s so distinct, but often suffers from becoming a satire too close to what is. satirized. Fortunately, the film has aged well as a fiery guilty pleasure.
4/10 A Prairie Home Mate (2006) – 3.3/5
Exploring new opportunities, Lindsay Lohan joined the cast of 2006’s A Prairie Home Companion, a film directed by one of the 20th century’s top cult directors, Robert Altman, making the film a fan-favorite entry. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the last broadcast of a famous radio show, as the lives of hosts and guests become entangled between songs and jokes.
Lindsay Lohan plays a country singer known as Lola Johnson, delivering one of the film’s sweetest musical numbers. A Prairie Home Companion is a strange but truly engrossing film that has the potential to impress any music lover and radio enthusiast.
3/10 Weird Friday (2003) – 3.3/5
Entering unanimously beloved territory, Freaky Friday brings together two of the most beloved stars of their generations for one of the best mother-daughter duos in movie history: Lindsay Lohan as the face of the teen comedy scene. of the 2000s and Jamie Lee Curtis as one of the most energetic actresses of her time, with a natural talent for comedy that went unexplored in her scream queen phase.
In the film, they play a mother and her daughter who change their personalities after receiving a magical fortune cookie. As the two discover what life is like inside each other’s minds, the film delivers a succession of iconic scenes that are as hilarious as they are embarrassing to watch.
2/10 The Parent Trap (1998) – 3.7
In The Parent Trap, Lindsay Lohan plays two estranged identical twins who plot to switch places and reunite their stubborn parents.
There are many factors that make The Parent Trap still hold up today: Lohan’s brilliant childlike performance of two contrasting personalities, the quirky adult characters, and the engaging way the story builds a heartwarming conclusion. In the end, the film remains one of the smoothest comedies of the 90s and has aged well enough that people who grew up with it can now show the film to their children.
1/10 Mean Girls (2004) – 3.9/5
Mean Girls isn’t just the most iconic movie of Lindsay Lohan’s career, it might as well be the most iconic movie of everyone involved’s career. Partially inspired by the 80s cult classic Heathers, Mean Girls follows the underdog Cady as she joins the hottest girl group in high school and ends up falling for her new best friend’s ex-boyfriend.
The film features a variety of iconic quotes and subverts all high school clichés with the relationship between Cady and Regina George, the main antagonist, stealing the show every time she’s on screen and is arguably the epitome witty and charming evil.
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