The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
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  • Summary: Adult siblings must deal with the desire of their estranged father to return home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago. Family rifts emerge, and like with any family, Christmas brings a mixed bag of complicated emotions and dynamics. Alliances form, old wounds are reopened or glossed over, and the possibility for a new hope and forgiveness emerges. (Tribeca Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Dec 6, 2012
    80
    Mr. Burns shuffles this dense material with the dexterity of a card shark. The pace, although swift, is never rushed. The writing and acting give you vivid enough tastes of the characters - there are seven children, two parents, and assorted spouses, lovers and friends - so that each registers as a singular flavor.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Connie Ogle
    Dec 14, 2012
    75
    These Fitzgeralds are loud, selfish and often maddening, but they're a loving group, and you wouldn't mind spending more time with them.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dec 6, 2012
    60
    Burns has assembled such a fine cast that we leave feeling satisfied, as if we didn't get the iPad mini we wanted, but a pretty good novel instead.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Tomas Hachard
    Dec 2, 2012
    38
    Edward Burns certainly doles out his fair share of family turmoil, but he admirably doesn't make lunatics out of his characters.

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