The comedy series revolves around Dan Moody, who decided to return home to spend Christmas with his dysfunctional family. That family looks quite different as Dan often meets with that of a family to celebrate major family holidays and events. In the face of these daily confrontations, Dan tries to adapt to the different daily circumstances of that family.
If the presentation feels like a bit of an experiment, the content -- adapted from an Australian show -- is too familiar to be much more than ho-ho-hum.
The series outright acknowledges that Dan is peak "Nice Guy," and with every shitty action he makes, one begs for the series to subvert rom-com expectations with this character. But it never does.
A holiday watch that lacks either the uplift of a Netflix or Hallmark movie or the slyness and bite of more subversive Christmas fare. Even darker holiday movies end in a place where one is glad one spent the time with the family in question.
"The Moodys" is a well-crafted, consistently amusing, occasionally touching confection, as warm and welcoming as a cup of hot chocolate after a friendly family snowball fight in the backyard.
