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Thus is the stage set for a familiar but potentially affecting tale of nearest-and-dearest bickering and bonding, designed to have viewers weeping into their eggnog during a tonal break from Netflix’s frothier seasonal fare.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Her stage set involved a dazzling staircase — but that beautiful piece of set design tripped her up on a nightly basis.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The stage set can be perfect, but that won’t stop the people from fitting jaggedly within it.
—Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Her stage set involved a dazzling staircase — but that beautiful piece of set design tripped her up on a nightly basis.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The stage set can be perfect, but that won’t stop the people from fitting jaggedly within it.
—Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Stage set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20set. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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