Official Trailer: ‘Oh. What. Fun’ (2025)

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Plot Synopsis

‘Oh. What. Fun’ Movie Clip: “Dinner Toast” • Video Credit: Amazon MGM Studios

In Oh What Fun, Claire Clauster pours her heart into creating the “perfect” Christmas for her family. She’s the one who handles every detail — the carefully coordinated decorations, the beautifully wrapped presents, the big holiday meals, and all the cheer that makes the season feel totally magical. In her head, she’s Mrs. Christmas.

Felicity Jones (“Channing”), Dominic Sessa (“Sammy”), Chloë Grace Moretz (“Taylor”), Devery Jacobs (“Donna”), Jason Schwartzman (“Doug”), Rafaella Karnaby (“Lucy”), Michelle Pfeiffer (“Claire”), Drake Shehan (“Ben”), Denis Leary (“Nick”) • Photo Credit: Alisha Wetherill © Amazon Content Services LLC

Claire is not alone in her holiday endeavors. Her family includes her husband, Nick, their son Sammy, and their two adult daughters, Channing and Taylor, along with the grandkids who add to the hustle and bustle of holiday chaos.

But despite doing everything to hold the season together, Claire constantly feels overlooked. She’s the engine that makes the holiday happen, yet no one seems to notice that without her, her family wouldn’t even have Christmas. She often makes jokes — though it clearly stings — about how holiday movies always celebrate the dads or the “main characters,” while moms like her fade into the background, doing all the work without any acknowledgment.

Photo Credit: Alisha Wetherill © Amazon Content Services LLC

To make matters worse, she has a long-running, subtly hostile holiday rivalry with her neighbor, Jeanne Wang-Wasserman, who is obsessed with maintaining her own flawless Christmas image. The two are ever at odds with one another, trying to one up each other at every possible moment.

‘Oh. What. Fun’ Movie Clip: “Zazzy Contest” • Video Credit: Amazon MGM Studios

This year, the Clausters are planning a huge outing: a live Christmas Eve performance. Claire bought the tickets and imagined it as a special family moment, something different but extremely extravagant. But as everyone rushes to get ready, juggling kids, schedules, and general holiday chaos, something unbelievable happens — they forget her. The cars pull away, and Claire is left behind, not because anyone meant to hurt her, but because no one was paying attention.

For Claire, it’s a devastating moment. After a lifetime of making Christmas magical for everyone else, being forgotten hits her with a truth she can’t ignore: she’s been invisible to the very people she loves. That’s the moment something inside her snaps — or, maybe more accurately, wakes up. Instead of waiting for them to realize what they’ve done, she packs a bag and decides to reclaim Christmas for herself.

Her impromptu getaway becomes a version of the holiday she’s never allowed herself to have. She lets go of the responsibility, the planning, and the constant pressure to make everything perfect. Along the way she runs into a mix of challenges — like her car getting towed — and unexpected little joys: staying in a hotel, talking to strangers, and simply experiencing the season at her own pace. Bit by bit, she starts to understand that Christmas doesn’t need to be perfect. It needs to feel honest, joyful, and free.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Clauster family finally realizes she’s missing — and everything falls apart without her. Schedules implode, the kids bicker, and the carefully curated holiday image crumbles. They’re forced to confront a truth they’ve ignored for years: Claire was the glue holding everything together.

Old tensions bubble up as the family tries to find her. Long-standing frustrations, rivalries, and emotional blind spots come to the surface. The movie doesn’t shy away from showing just how much Claire’s presence — and her labor — kept the peace.

As Claire continues her journey, she comes to a deeper realization: the idea of a “perfect holiday” was never real. What matters is being appreciated, being seen, and making space for genuine connection instead of Instagram-ready moments. Her family, seeing how badly things go without her, finally begins to understand just how much she has given them over the years.

The film doesn’t wrap everything up in a neat bow — it’s more realistic than that. But by the end, there’s a renewed sense of gratitude and understanding. The Clausters learn to value Claire not for the holidays she creates, but for who she is. And Claire learns that Christmas doesn’t have to be perfect to be meaningful. It just has to be real.