2017
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

2017
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

Summary When Eric Roth (Luke Grimes) goes on an impulsive journey to find the father he never knew, his search takes him to the remote desert town of El Camino, Nevada, where he's mistaken for a drug dealer by local, dim-witted law enforcement and winds up pinned down in a liquor store holdup with five other lost souls on Christmas Eve...one of ...

Directed By: David E. Talbert

Written By: Christopher Wehner, Theodore Melfi

2017
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

2017
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

El Camino Christmas

Name: El Camino Christmas
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Western
Released: 2017-12-08
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Dax Shepard, Kurtwood Smith, Luke Grimes, Emilio Rivera, Kimberly Quinn

Metascore Available after 4 critic reviews

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Written By: Christopher Wehner, Theodore Melfi

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Movie Nation

Sep 5, 2018

The drunk provides the best one-line review for this mess, one a pretty talented cast should have taken to heart before taking Netflix’s money. “Not all ideas are good ones.”

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Vadertime

Dec 13, 2017

A gem of a nugget of a movie. Caught it on Netflix over the weekend and it kept me glued and interested to the TV the entire time. Excellent character development and fantastic, twist plot with tragic hero in the end. Go watch it.

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NeoReaper

Dec 15, 2017

This was a great movie. People are just going to hate it because of Tim Allen's political point of view. this is one of his best performances. Great holiday movie for the adults.

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TheQuietGamer

Dec 24, 2017

Not your average holiday film. Rather than spreading Christmas cheer when he pulls into town looking for the father he never met, Eric Roth (Luke Grimes) inadvertently causes all hell to break loose when a local psychotic cop decides to make him the target of his drunken rage. Bullets fly and a lot of alcohol is consumed. It's certainly a lot darker than your average Christmas movie. Yet, it's not entirely devoid of warmth, humanity, and even a few seasonal clichés. It's even quite humorous. There's a single mother with a child who never speaks that ultimately ends up falling for the young drifter, to help fill in the checklist for what's almost mandatory for the more traditional variety of these movies. It's pretty well made despite a low budget and Hallmark quality production. The really surprising part is just how violent it is. The performances in this movie are surprisingly good. A talented cast of familiar names like Tim Allen, Vincent D'Onofrio, and a few others make things a little more enjoyable than they otherwise would have been. It's the situation itself that makes things fun though. Such an odd, but ultimately worthwhile choice to make for an original feeling Christmas flick. 7.5/10

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xxxsssjjjk

Dec 12, 2017

It starts and ends good but it gets slow for awhile and most of the movie takes place in the small liquor mart. The ending is great and its a nice mix of genres.

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laowai

Dec 20, 2017

This was anything but a feel-good Christmas movie as the producers would have you believe. The characters are mostly unlikable jerks who go out of their way to cause trouble for the new outsider in town. Also, you can see the "twist" coming a mile away. A forced romantic relationship is very obvious from the beginning as well. Be prepared to be inundated with shameless product placement throughout most of the movie especially for alcoholic beverages. I wanted to see this film because of Kurtwood Smith (Red in That 70s Show) and Tim Allen but both actors had little to do or say. Disappointing movie in almost every regard.

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Mystichydra

Jan 3, 2018

OMG, what a POS. I Can't believe anyone actually ,liked this film, and I can't believe how many otherwise talented actors are in it. A Netflix review said it was like if Hallmark or Lifetime decided to make a violent rated-R movie. That's the tone of it, for sure. Terrible script, the story itself is plotless, Vincent D'onofrio's character is so unwatchable and unbelievable, and this flick simply can't decide what it wants to be. Mostly, it forces a bunch of spoon-fed sentiment, with autistic children and a stupid family story. The only reason I'm giving this a 1, and not a flat zero, is because of Luke Grimes, Dax Sheperd, and surprisingly, Tim Allen. The script is so awful, and these guys give wha absolute little they have, their total all. The editing and the pacing are atrocious.I mean, that was the best plot device they could think of to get these people trapped in a liquor store? Really? Plus, I've had Tim Allen half-singing Joy to the World stuck in my head twice now. I think I have grounds to sue.

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Production Company Goldenlight Films, Brother

Release Date Dec 8, 2017

Duration 1 h 29 m

Rating TV-MA

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Tagline Bullets, beer, holiday cheer.

El Camino Christmas

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Dax Shepard

Deputy Billy Calhoun

Kurtwood Smith

Sheriff Bob Fuller

Luke Grimes

Eric Norris

Emilio Rivera

Vicente Santos

Kimberly Quinn

Jewels

Cooper Thornton

Stan the Weather Man

Sharon Madden

Edna

Michelle Mylett

Kate Daniels

Vincent D'Onofrio

Carl Hooker

John Posey

Old Farmer

Ashton Essex Bright

Seth

Margarita Franco

Dr. Kamjen

Jessica Alba

Beth Flowers

Jimmy O. Yang

Mike the Cameraman

Pam Cook

Waitress Annie

Bob Stephenson

Dennis the Dental Hygenist

Tim Allen

Larry Roth

Nancy Kephart

The Bartender

Caine Sinclair

Dalton

Graham Brown

Philip

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