Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Zoey can hear what people are thinking as songs. With Christmas approaching, her family is facing its first holiday without her father, and everyone carries it differently. Trying to hold them together, she has to face her own grief. Richard Shepard directed. Jane Levy plays Zoey, with Skylar Astin, Mary Steenburgen and Alex Newell in the cast. This is not a sequel but a conclusion. When the series Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist was cancelled after two seasons, the team made a one-off film to finish the story, released through Roku. The musical numbers follow the show's rule: characters sing what they cannot say and the people around them do not hear it. The Christmas film template and a story about grief run into each other; the tone keeps moving between cheer and sadness. For anyone who has not seen the series, the character histories stay incomplete. Who it is for: viewers who watched the show and like musical television. Who it is not for: anyone starting here; the film was written as a finale.