Snow Days

What if you took “Love Actually,” set it in small town America and then populated it with a diverse cast of teenagers? Well, the result would be the new Netflix film “Let it Snow.” Based on a young-adult novel anthology by authors Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle and a screenplay “30 Rock” and “Pitch Perfect” alum Kay Cannon, the movie is a perfectly pleasant holiday rom-com for the rest of us. But what makes “Let it Snow” really special is it included a lesbian storyline, which was not included in the original book.

For those keeping score at home, that’s two well-written lesbian teen storylines Kay has now included in her most recent movies. (Side Note: If you haven’t seen “Blockers,” because it’s got a terrible name and the trailers made it seem like a dumb movie about parents trying to protect young women’s sexual purity, you are missing out.)

[Spoiler Alert: Stop reading if you don’t want to know a key plot point...I mean it. For reals.]

Now, I could quibble with the cluelessness which Dorrie (Liv Hewson a.k.a. The best thing about “The Santa Clarita Diet”) approaches her cheerleader maybe girlfriend. She sees her blowing her off around friends as her being “hot or cold,” not her obviously still being in the closet and freaking our about her friends finding out. It just seemed so, well, obvious. But then, I guess I am not a teenager looking for love, so I could possibly not be the target audience.

But other than that, it was a sweet little story made sweeter by recognizing queer girls need feel-good holiday romances just like the rest of us.