Another slightly delayed Christmas romance, this is another one that has a lot of elements I like a lot but doesn't quite know what to do with them all, in my opinion. This one is about Sam and his best friend Etienne, who's an ice dancer training in hopes of making his first Olympics in another year. Etienne and his dance partner moved away to work with a new coach, but Sam is able to join him at Mont-Tremblant, where Etienne and his partner are performing over Christmas. They share a cabin and a bed, and Sam begins to realize that he's bisexual and Etienne realizes that he and his partner should move back home to their old coach and where Sam still lives.
It's...fine? There's just not a lot of either conflict or tension over whether they'll figure their shit out, complete with friends of both men who tell them how certain they are that the other one is in love with them. The whole thing feels like a prequel to another story about Sam's older brother, who's a singles skater, and his great rival. It has all of the elements but none of the spark.
Grade: C
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