Richard Curtis’ new animated Netflix movie That Christmas has more than a little in common with his previous holiday classic Love Actually. While one’s a family-friendly children’s flick and the other is a romantic comedy, both films have intertwined storylines following multiple characters across the backdrop of a festive yet stressful Christmas season. In a prerelease interview, however, Curtis tells Polygon that one big thing differentiates That Christmas:
“There’s no nudity, very little swearing,” he jokes.
Directed by Simon Otto with a script from Curtis and Peter Souter, That Christmas adapts three separate Christmas-themed children’s books written by Curtis and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb. The book That Christmas is about a group of children who get to celebrate the holidays their way when their parents get stranded at a wedding. The Empty Stocking follows twin sisters: One’s on Santa’s nice list, and the other has been quite naughty this year.
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