Overview
- Collider reports the 1988 action film reentered streaming charts this December, landing in Hulu’s Top 10.
- Zooey Deschanel told People she considers it a Christmas movie, pointing to its Christmas Eve setting.
- PEDESTRIAN.TV countered that it is not a holiday film, citing a BBFC survey showing more respondents reject the label than accept it.
- People notes director John McTiernan has previously said audience joy effectively made it a Christmas movie, while Bruce Willis has publicly disagreed.
- A Daily Mirror first‑person review from a new viewer concluded the film qualifies as festive despite its nontraditional genre.