"One Tree Hill" star Chad Michael Murray has had a long career in Hollywood. He told Fox News Digital how focusing on God and his family has kept him out of trouble.

“The Merry Gentlemen” opens with a not-so-merry woman, Ashley ( Britt Robertson ), an aging Jingle Belle dancer. The pseudo-Rockette is given the boot by her boss, and right before the big holiday season. That’s how Ashley ends up back in her hometown, where she’s promptly deemed “city girl” for ditching the Big Apple.

Isabella Soares of Collider gives The Merry Gentlemen a slightly better 7 out of 10, writing that it’s a bit of a spicy spin on the ever-present holiday romance but still hits all the clichés. While there’s a little more skin than you’d typically see on Hallmark, the dancers’ act is too hilarious to ever be considered sensual. The critic says:

The Merry Gentlemen' stars Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray unpacked the festive film's meet cute moment, costumes, choreography and more.

Chad Michael Murray opens up about 'Sullivan's Crossing,' dance training for 'Merry Gentlemen,' the 'One Tree Hill' rumors and more.

The actor and former teen heartthrob is starring in his latest holiday film for Netflix, which required him to dance for hours while baring his abs for all.

Set to an EDM remix of “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,” these beefcakes stomp around the stage, flexing their considerable muscles, thrusting their pelvis, shedding their high-visibility vests, and, at one point, caresses their crotch with a string of Christmas lights.

Chad Michael Murray is baring it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film The Merry Gentlemen. The One Tree Hill alum stars in the Netflix holiday romcom alongside Britt Robertson, which follows a former big city dancer who travels home for the holidays and saves her parents’ small town performing

With a few key locations, The Merry Gentlemen creates a cozy and familiar setting perfect for lovers of a small-town Christmas romance.

Netflix is releasing yet another holiday romance this week with the aggressively shirtless new drop, The Merry Gentlemen. The film is about a Broadway dancer who returns to her hometown and finds her parents’ struggling bar in need of better marketing campaign,

A festive-themed riff on The Full Monty, the film stars Britt Robertson as a dancer who is let go from her long-standing gig as a member of a successful Broadway troupe, but finds new purpose when she steps in to save her parents' struggling bar – by staging an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.