Holiday Rush

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| director = {{ubl|Leslie Small}}

| producer = {{ubl|Julie Crank Di Cataldo|Sean Dwyer|Elizabeth Cullen}}

| writer = {{ubl|Sean Dwyer|Greg Cope White}}

| starring = {{ubl| Romany Malco|Sonequa Martin-Green|Deon Cole|Amarr M. Wooten|La La Anthony|Alysia Livingston|Andrea-Marie Alphonse|Selena-Marie Alphonse|Roscoe Orman|Malika Samuel|Deysha Nelson|Tamala Jones|Darlene Love}}

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| music = Kathryn Bostic

| cinematography = Keith L. Smith

| editing = Jamie Conklin

| studio = {{ubl|Poke Prod Production}}

| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{Film date|2019|11|28}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Holiday Rush is a 2019 Christmas romantic comedy-drama film directed by Leslie Small and written by Sean Dwyer and Greg Cope White.{{cite web|url=https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2019/03/romany-malco-sonequa-martin-green-to-star-in-holiday-rush-for-netflix/|website=blackfilm.com|date=March 26, 2019|title=Romany Malco, Sonequa Martin-Green To Star In Holiday Rush For Netflix|access-date=March 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325235538/https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2019/03/romany-malco-sonequa-martin-green-to-star-in-holiday-rush-for-netflix/|archive-date=March 25, 2019|url-status=dead}}

It was released on November 28, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SirDeht7k0|title=It's Beginning to Look a lot like Netflix {{!}} Holidays 2019 {{!}} Netflix|date=October 15, 2019|website=YouTube}}

Plot

Widowed hip-hop radio DJ Rashon "Rush" Williams loses his job at the radio station WMLE when it is bought by CamCom and switches to a pop format. He and his four children, who have become accustomed to a privileged life, are forced to downsize and move back into Aunt Jo's house where they lived before Rush became wealthy. Rush and his producer Roxy buy WBQL, an old radio station where they used to work, but CamCom puts pressure on advertisers to not buy advertising time from Rush and Roxy.

Rush and Roxy develop a romantic relationship but when Rush announces this to his children, Rush's son Jamal, already angry that he will not be able to afford Harvard anymore, runs away from home. Rush finds Jamal at his deceased mother's favorite location in a nearby park and Jamal expresses his discomfort living in their old house without his mother but comes to accept the new situation and his father's new relationship.

Rush finally manages to sell his large expensive house that he cannot afford anymore and Marshall from WMLE quits his job at the station and invests in WBQL, enabling them to broadcast during the Christmas season.

Cast

Romany Malco as Rashon "Rush" Williams
Sonequa Martin-Green as Roxy Richardson
Deon Cole as Marshall Stone
Amarr M. Wooten as Jamal Williams, Rush's son
La La Anthony as Paula Williams, Rush's deceased Wife
Alysia Livingston as Janella
Andrea-Marie Alphonse as Evie Williams, Rush's second daughter and Gabby's twin sister
Selena-Marie Alphonse as Gabby Williams, Rush's third daughter and Evie's twin sister
Roscoe Orman as Reginald Miller
Malika Samuel as Laurette
Deysha Nelson as Mya Williams, Rush's first daughter
Tamala Jones as Jocelyn "Joss" Hawkins
Darlene Love as Auntie Jo Robinson
Stormi Maya as Katrina
Jimmy Palumbo as Daniels
Chris Walker as Brett the Tree Guy
Rocco Parente, Jr. as Salvatore Manducati