Our Little Secret Review Comedy, Romance (2024)

Our Little Secret is another very welcome achievement in Lindsay Lohan's career progression, and this Christmas romantic comedy may be her best yet.



Avery (Lohan) goes to London in search of a great professional opportunity. Logan (Ian Harding) doesn't think Avery is leaving just for her career. It's more that Avery is finding it difficult to stay in her childhood home with her father (Henry Czerny, Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1) after the death of her mother. Logan has special insight into Avery, having known her for years, first as her best friend and then as her boyfriend.

He's not happy about Avery leaving and desperately begs her to stay. This goes horribly wrong and the two don't speak to each other for over a decade.

It's Christmas time and Avery is going to meet her boyfriend Cameron's (John Rudnitsky) family. While her dad, Leo (Dan Bucatinsky), is totally relaxed, Avery already knows that her mom, Erica (Kristin Chenoweth), can be a bit of a touchy-feely person. Making a good impression is paramount for Avery, who is already under stress, but things become even more stressful when Cameron's sister, Cathy (Katie Baker), brings her boyfriend, Logan, home.

Avery decides not to make a big deal out of this tragic coincidence and to be happy that they won't touch on their romantic pasts. Logan reluctantly agrees, but after seeing Avery fail at every step in his attempts to convince Erica, he proposes himself. He hopes that Avery will be able to get Erica to love him if he can help her propose to building contractor Stan (Tim Meadows).

Writer Haley De Dominicis effortlessly adds more layers and insight to the family while also playing off the characters well. No matter how perfect it may seem at the annual family photo, not everything is as rosy as Erica hopes. As the title suggests, Our Little Secret is full of private details that no one knows about until Avery and Logan show up.


Even if she never wanted to do anything other than romantic comedies, it's clear that De Dominicis could have a very stable and successful career as a screenwriter if Our Little Secret is any indication.

Andrea Doyle's set perfectly captures a family with a few dollars to spare and always ready to go all out. Watch Our Little Secret now, The movie is available for streaming in Afdah Movies



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