Isabella Soares of Collider gives The Merry Gentlemen a slightly better 7 out of 10, writing that it’s a bit of a spicy spin on the ever-present holiday romance but still hits all the clichés. While there’s a little more skin than you’d typically see on Hallmark, the dancers’ act is too hilarious to ever be considered sensual. The critic says:

When Chad Michael Murray was sent the script for "The Merry Gentlemen," the Netflix movie about an amateur all-male musical revue that tries to save Christmas by rescuing a local diner, he gave an "immediate,

“The Merry Gentlemen” opens with a not-so-merry woman, Ashley (Britt Robertson), an aging Jingle Belle dancer. The pseudo-Rockette is given the boot by her boss, and right before the big holiday season. That’s how Ashley ends up back in her hometown, where she’s promptly deemed “city girl” for ditching the Big Apple.

The actor and former teen heartthrob is starring in his latest holiday film for Netflix, which required him to dance for hours while baring his abs for all.

A festive-themed riff on The Full Monty, the film stars Britt Robertson as a dancer who is let go from her long-standing gig as a member of a successful Broadway troupe, but finds new purpose when she steps in to save her parents's struggling bar – by staging an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.

Tis the season to spice things up! “The Merry Gentlemen” stars Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson join Access Hollywood guest correspondent Emily Orozco to talk about their Netflix holiday romcom and why it’s the perfect girls’ night viewing.