Movie

Christmas As Usual

2023

Insufficient evidence

We did not find enough credible, independent evidence to publish a numeric cash-grab score. Unrated is more honest than a guess.

What counts as a cash grab?

Commercial extraction prioritized over meaningful consumer or creative value. Profit, popularity, adaptations, sequels, remakes, high budgets, and normal marketing do not count by themselves.

Why?

Christmas As Usual is a 2023 Norwegian romantic comedy distributed on Netflix and produced by Motion Blur, reportedly inspired by the director Petter Holmsen's sister's real-life relationship. Independent reviews describe it as a predictable culture-clash holiday romcom with some charm rather than a low-effort product. In examined sources there is no evidence of predatory monetization, pay-per-view upcharges, heavy reuse of existing IP, or a deceptive rushed release, while production and platform materials present it as a conventional original streaming feature.

Distributed as an original Netflix film, no pay-per-view or separate premium pricing disclosed.
Produced by Norwegian company Motion Blur and described as based on a real personal story, indicating original source material.
Critical coverage characterizes the film as predictable but not evidence of low-effort exploitation.

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Score factors

Direction	Factor	Evidence	Impact
Against	Streaming distribution	Netflix lists Christmas As Usual as a 2023 title available on its platform, with no separate transactional price shown on the Netflix listing.[5][6]	-10
Against	Original, personal source	Production and press materials describe the film as a Norwegian production by Motion Blur and reportedly based on the director's sister's true story, indicating original authorship rather than reuse of existing franchise IP.[2][1]	-14
Against	Independent reviews	Independent reviews (for example OTTPlay and Rotten Tomatoes aggregate excerpts) describe the film as predictable and uneven but do not allege low-effort reuse or predatory monetization.[4][3]	-12

Confidence: Low · No source-backed commercial-extraction signal was found. · Researched 2026-08-06

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