SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the ending of “Our Little Secret,” out now on Netflix. Kristin Chenoweth had to channel her inner mean girl to play Lindsay Lohan’s judgmental mother-in-law in Netflix’s latest holiday rom-com “Our Little Secret.” To create the saccharine-sweet, “bless your heart” type of Southern mom, Chenoweth drew from comedians […]

I do recognize the way that a movie like "Our Little Secret" works — how Netflix has changed the aesthetic of wholesome movie cheese. You watch "Our Little Secret," seeing through the paper-thin contrivances, tittering at the imbecilities, and somehow that all becomes part of the experience. It’s mainstream fodder as downgraded camp. It’s pablum so numbing it makes you feel good.