Make the Yuletide Gay

2009 1h 29m EN

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6.3

MID

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40%

ROTTEN

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6.5

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 89🥫40%Rotten Tomatoes★6.5IMDB · 3,992

DramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

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The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Keith Jordan
Olaf 'Gunn' Gunnunderson
Wyatt Fenner
Thomas
Hallee Hirsh
Abby Mancuso
Kelly Keaton
Anya Gunnunderson
Derek Long
Sven Gunnunderson
Alison Arngrim
Heather Mancuso
Adamo Ruggiero
Nathan Stanford
Ian Buchanan
Peter Stanford

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rob Williams
Writers: Rob Williams
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 6

RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 6

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Keith Jordan and Wyatt Fenner and Hallee Hirsh carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1305714 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 89 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rob Williams directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Keith Jordan and Wyatt Fenner and Hallee Hirsh carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1305714 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 89 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 8 themes, including "coming out", "holiday", "in the closet", "family".

The technical file

Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 40% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 3,992 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

3 wins total

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CinemaSerf2025-10-10
★ 6/10
Now the obvious double-entendre in the title does not bode well... No, it's not a great film, but actually it is watchable. Two young lads are together at college but when one - "Gunn" (Keith Jordan) has to go home for the festivities, he reverts to his "straight" persona. His perfectly fashioned boyfriend "Thomas" (Wyatt Fenner) is abandoned by his disinterested family (his mother is "Dr. Crusher"!) so decides to visit his unsuspecting in-laws instead. Once he arrives, he has the status of a college room-mate and we follow some daft escapades as they try to keep the charade going whilst sneaking in the odd bit of nookie and poor old "Gunn" has to fend off the unwanted attentions of local girl "Abby" (Hallee Hirsch). It's all a bit of a stereotypical tale, but there are some fun contributions from mother Kelly Keaton (she has some fun with who sleeps where on the bunk beds!) and the writing is not always cringemaking. The ending - well, what do think is going to happen? It'a a Christmas film, after all - and not the worst I've ever seen either.

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