The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

TV Special
2022
TV-14
42m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

99K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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Holiday Comedy Superhero Action Adventure Comedy Holiday Sci-Fi

Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original special created for Disney .Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original special created for Disney .Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original special created for Disney .

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

99K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,211

181

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations

Videos6

Trailer 1:15

Official Trailer

Clip 4:18

The Rise of Dave Bautista

Clip 4:18

The Rise of Dave Bautista

Clip 1:35

A Guide to the Films of James Gunn

Featurette 1:16

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special: A Christmas Present (UK Featurette)

Featurette 1:16

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special: A Christmas Present (Australia Featurette)

Featurette 1:16

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special: A Christmas Present (Featurette)

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Trivia
James Gunn called the Holiday Special "one of my favorite stories ever," with a story "as crazy and fun as can be" that he had "bugged Kevin Feige endlessly about over the years." Gunn finished the script in April 2021, after initially writing the treatment "years ago." It took Gunn a few hours to write the script, and he noted featuring Kevin Bacon was a quick inclusion once he had figured out the story for the special.

Goofs
When the band is performing at the end of the film, the singers are singing into the wrong side of the microphone.

Quotes
Mantis: We're looking for the legendary Kevin Bacon.
Drax: We're looking for the legendary Kevin Bacon!
Mantis: I just said that, Drax!
Drax: But your voice is small and mousey, I think maybe he didn't hear you.

Crazy credits
There is a post credit scene in which Groot is used as a Christmas tree.

Connections
Edited into Marvel Studios: Legends: Peter Quill (2023)

Soundtracks
Fairytale of New York
Written by Jem Finer (as Jeremy Max Finer) and Shane MacGowan (as Shane Mac-Gowan)
Performed by The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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Featured review

7/10

Short and Sweet

This Christmas special is all I wanted it to be. A shot, (bitter)sweet special with usual Gunn humor. This captures the Christmas spirit perfectly.

This short also explores themes of fatherhood, friendship and contains some songs too without overstaying its welcome.

Mentis takes lead in this, which is great because she doesn't get much chance to shine. Drax is great as always. You can see that this does not bother itself with it being connected to the rest of MCU, not even its own sequel. Which is rare as for the rest of MCU stock. The animations used in this is also good.

Also, Kevin Bacon.