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This Christmas
Columbia Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for comic sexual content and some violence
Starring
Delroy Lindo,
Idris Elba,
Loretta Devine,
Chris Brown,
Keith Robinson,
Laz Alonso,
Mekhi Phifer,
and
Regina King
This year, Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family. (Sony)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Preston A. Whitmore, II
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Preston A. Whitmore, II
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: November 21, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
117 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Fast paced and engagingly acted.

83
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
This Christmas is the rare movie about a cozy household at holiday time that's as funny and dramatic and poignant as any seasonal family get-together should be.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
It's warm, witty and alive, with a fantastic cast and a belief in its characters that transcends its formulaic tendencies.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
At the multiplex where so many holiday movies feel regifted, This Christmas is a gift.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What's surprising is how well Whitmore, the director, manages to direct traffic. He's got one crisis cooling, another problem exploding, a third dilemma gathering steam and people exchanging significant looks about secrets still not introduced. It's sort of a screwball-comedy effect, but with a heart.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Everyone in this madly good-looking clan has got soapy problems as befits an aspirational, say-amen holiday movie.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It's different from the usual fare in one obvious way -- most of the cast are African Americans -- and, more importantly, in its willingness to leave some problems unsolved and volatile or unhappy people unchanged.

70
Film Threat
Stina Chyn
Impressively stays away from the cheese and the sap that ordinarily accompany holiday pictures.

70
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
This carefully observed film has lots of heart.

70
Variety
Lael Loewenstein
A rare holiday treat, a package that's both thoughtfully selected and sure to please its intended recipients.

70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The result is a big, gushy, emotional, secret-driven, family-obsessive casserole, perhaps facile in some of its resolutions, but so full of good heart and love -- the real kind, which is scratchy, awkward, difficult to express and doesn't conquer all but just some -- that the movie is difficult to resist.

67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
"Christmas" won't wow anyone with its audacity or originality, but it's bound to make plenty of people happy with its slick, crowd-pleasing familiarity.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
One of those overstaffed, overstuffed "when do we eat?" holiday dramedies. Call it a double-extra-strength episode of "Soul Food."

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Overstuffed, formulaic but very easy to take.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Enjoyable enough. Though like some holiday fare, it doesn't quite stay with you.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
So full of solid performances and appealing characters that I wished writer/director/producer Preston Whitmore (“The Walking Dead") had considered the dictum “less is more."

63
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
No matter how silly the situation, each member of the uniformly strong cast creates a nice balance between sentimental and sweet - which is just how every holiday gathering should feel.

60
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Writer-director Preston A. Whitmore II throws enough soap opera for an entire TV season into a story that nearly -- but not quite -- sinks from the weight of all these implausible events. Animated acting and the sheer chaos of this squabbling family give the film a comic buoyancy.

60
The New York Times
Laura Kern
Boisterous and bittersweet, the film is not dull, but it does feel hopelessly overstuffed, with scant time to devote to any one story line.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Andy Spletzer
Not a bad movie, per se. It's just harmless and bland and dull and predictable, and sometimes that's worse than a bad movie.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jason Anderson
Occasionally engaging but very chaotic movie.

40
Empire
Emily Phillips
Like mum's home-made comfort food, it's warming but not really that good for you.

40
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
It’s redemption through sentimentality, salvation through schmaltz.

40
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
The cast has spirit, but the dialogue and situations are phonier than the Yule log on TV.


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