Prime Video’s ‘Oh. What. Fun.’ brings Christmas to Atlanta

ATLANTA – Nobody works more durable throughout the holidays than a mother — and one in every of them has had sufficient within the new Atlanta-lensed movie “Oh. What. Fun.”

Academy Award-nominee Michelle Pfeiffer leads an all-star forged within the new Christmas comedy, which premieres completely on Prime Video Wednesday. Pfeiffer stars as an under-appreciated mom who winds up taking her personal shock “Christmas vacation” within the Michael Showalter-directed flick.

“I loved that it is shining a light on women and giving them the credit that they deserve for everything that they do,” says Pfeiffer. “It’s not just Christmas, it’s everything, honestly — and it really is exemplified and magnified during the holiday season because there is so much to do.”

“Oh. What. Fun.” co-stars an extended checklist of movie favorites, together with comedy legend Denis Leary, Jason Schwartzman, and Academy Award-nominee Felicity Jones. The latter two say they took the movie’s title critically whereas capturing in Atlanta final 12 months. 

“I just loved going to the cinema and the great restaurants,” says Jones. “I loved going to the park [Piedmont Park], and there’s that amazing outdoor pool in the middle of the park.”

“I love the puppetry museum,” provides Schwartzman, referring to Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts. “I love the Jim Henson stuff there. It’s just so neat that that’s there.”

Of course, what Atlanta doesn’t usually have is snow — which suggests forged and crew needed to create their very own vacation climate utilizing film magic.

“In the summer, when it’s 100 degrees out, and we were in sweaters and earmuffs,” laughs Leary of filming in Georgia. “The fake snow kept melting…it’s kind of a chemical material, and it just melted.”

Yep, appears like Christmas in Atlanta! 

Click the video participant on this article to listen to extra of our interviews with the celebrities of “Oh. What. Fun.”

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