US Edition'Oh. What. Fun.' Movie Review: Michelle Pfeiffer makes this family dramedy actually fun
Michelle Pfeiffer stars as a mother whose disappearance reveals her sacrifices for family Christmas joy in this heartfelt dramedy streaming on Prime Video now.
- On December 3, 2025 Prime Video began streaming Oh. What. Fun., headlined by Michelle Pfeiffer as Claire, a mother at the center of the film directed by Michael Showalter.
- Adapted by Michael Showalter from Chandler Baker's story, the film follows Claire Clauster, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, whose disappearance exposes her family's neglect.
- Supporting characters include Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Denis Leary supporting Michelle Pfeiffer as Claire on her Texas road trip to the Zazzy Tims Show.
- The film avoids melodrama while delivering laughs and odd moments, mixing mirth and madness; Michael Showalter's denouement concludes Claire Clauster’s arc with a sentimental grand gesture and flash-forward, which may prompt audience reaction to hug their mother.
- The film spotlights mothers' often unseen holiday labor and taps into a contemporary female rage zeitgeist, arriving as a timely festive option amid holiday shopping and decorations on Prime Video.
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Chloë Grace Moretz exclusively shared with Us Weekly how she felt “all” of the emotions when she reunited with her former movie mom Michelle Pfeiffer for their new film, Oh. What. Fun. “I worked with Michelle in a movie called Dark Shadows, with Tim Burton years ago. So I think the ability to reprise being mother/daughter again was something that I really wanted to jump at,” Moretz, 28, told Us at the Oh. What. Fun. world premiere on Tuesday, De…
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abc NewsMovie Review: Holiday movies, and moms, deserve better than ‘Oh. What. Fun.’
Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.” The movie brings together a large ensemble cast including Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dominic Sessa, Jason Schwartzman, Denis Leary, Danielle Brooks and Eva Longoria and references holiday classics
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