Holiday Hotline

Holiday Hotline (2023) is a Canadian-American holiday romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Mark Jean, it stars Emily Tennant as Abby, who leaves London and takes a job at a cooking helpline during the festive season — talking nervous callers through turkey disasters and gravy emergencies.

One regular caller is John, a single dad with decent intentions and a real talent for making things go wrong in the kitchen. Abby finds herself looking forward to his calls. What she doesn't realize is that John the anonymous caller and the man she's already crossed paths with in town are the same person. Niall Matter plays John; Sidney Sabiston and Dan De Jager are also in the cast.

The setup — two people accidentally falling for the same stranger — is familiar, but the film moves through it cleanly without dragging out the obvious. Watch Holiday Hotline (2023) online on iFILM.