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Deck the Netflix with a furry holiday tale! Jacks and Alonso join us for the review.
ABOUT A DOG’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS
A sage basset hound narrates how his family faces turmoil when Mrs. Goss falls into an induced coma, and a new Corgi pup helps unite the scattered household during their mother’s absence.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A DOG’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS
November 4, 2026 | Netflix
CAST & CREW OF A DOG’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS
Director: Cathryn Michon
Writers: W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon
Cast:
- Dennis Quaid as Sander
- Brooke Lena Johnson as Ello
- Kathleen Rose Perkins as Juliana
- Milo Ventimiglia as Hunter
- Ethan Loomis as Sean
BRAN’S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Let’s start at the beginning. A cute Basset Hound named Winstead is given to a family for Christmas. His favorite words are “Merry Christmas” because it means people are happy. Hunter and Juliana gave the dog to their daughter, Ello. We get to see his family over the years and now Winstead is older. Hunter’s dad, Sander, moves in after his wife passed away. One day while everyone is gone (except for Winstead), he can tell that Sander isn’t doing well. So he asks him to take a walk. They end up at the Christmas market where Winstead gets into some pie and Sander meets a woman named Claire. But it doesn’t cheer him up. Sander is real sad despite Winstead doing everything that he can to cheer him up.
Hunter goes in for a big meeting with his boss to pitch something crazy called open concept offices. If this helps the branch thrive, he gets promoted. If not, he’s fired.
He tells his wife he has good news but she’s not thrilled at the possibility of him being gone even more and blurts out I’M NOT HAPPY IN THE MARRIAGE! He’s like wait, do you want a divorce? She’s like no! But the twins are the worst thing to ever happen to me! She needs him to help. She’s suffocating!
At school, Ello wins a scholarship and she’s not pleased because the popular girls hate her for it so she fakes sick. But when she gets home, her mom ends up throwing up. She ends up having to go to the hospital. The doctor is like chances are it’s just a bad UTI but she has to stay and run some tests.
It’s Thanksgiving but that doesn’t mean that Hunter isn’t going into the office. So it’s left for Ello to figure out Thanksgiving on her own. But after a bit of a shouting match with Grandpa Sander where he realizes that he’s not the only one sad about losing his wife, he decides to pitch in and help. While at the store, he bumps into Claire and begs her to come make Thanksgiving dinner. No luck.
The dinner is a bit of a disaster but Sander and Ello talk more and begin to understand each other a bit and they all get into a food fight together.
The next day, Sander takes Winstead to get some coffee. While Sander is inside, Winstead sees someone drop a puppy off on the side of the road. While walking home, that same puppy comes running up to Ello. With no tag, she decides to take her home. When Hunter shows up, he’s like WTF, we cannot keep this dog. But when he asks her to hang out with his boss’s son, she says yes, so naturally that means they’re gonna keep the pup. Luckily for Ello, he’s a cute new boy.
After finding out that Claire is also a widow, Ello ends up giving Sander a makeover.
Juliana doesn’t seem to be getting better in the hospital. In fact, she’s getting worse. It’s a kidney infection and they’re worried about sepsis.
Ello and cute boy Sean go skating together. Turns out they’re both phenomenal.
Back at home, Ello and Sander work together to decorate the house for Christmas to surprise her mom when she finally comes home.
The next day, Sander sees Claire and they bond over their mutual love of Joni Mitchell.
The family gets bad news. Juliana is in organ failure. It’s not looking good. Ello is really sad and Sander is there to help her.
One day after school, Ello gets a FaceTime from Hunter. It’s good news! Juliana is awake! She still can’t talk or move but it’s hopefully temporary.
Later, she starts moving and whatnot and Hunter puts her ring back on her finger.
Claire starts hanging out with Sander more and we’re all here for it. They end up kissing!!!!
Everything is looking great. Ello is hanging out with Sean after the parade and they have a real sweet gift exchange and they kisssssss thanks to a little nudge from Winstead. They go to have a little skate sesh and kiss some more. It’s real romantic.
Hunter gets a call. He got the VP promotion but he tells his boss he has a counteroffer for her.
The bad news is Mom won’t be home for Christmas Eve but they’re gonna let the entire family come see her. They let them use all the Christmas decorations from the gala. Hunter tells Juliana that he got the promotion and he negotiated a consulting job that would allow him to work from home and she’ll be able to go back to work if she wants to. They spend the evening celebrating Christmas together.
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