| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"When will filmmakers learn that if you start with Bad Santa and finish with It's a Wonderful Life, you just end up with curdled eggnog?" more... |
C- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"We got five Oscar-winning actors, and they don't need to act much." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"...needs approximately two Christmases to make you feel completely exhausted..." more... |
C |
E! Online
Dezhda Gaubert |
"The movie tries to be a feel-good holiday movie, but it's too vulgar to take the whole family to and too silly to charm sophisticates." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...crassly enjoyable..." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...offbeat and frequently amusing comedy." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A top-drawer cast in a bottom-drawer screenplay." more... |
D |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...refreshingly tart and lean, forgoing the usual schmaltz and syrup of the season." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...its implosion and collapse into unfulfilling melodrama during its final third represents as close as a movie like this can get to self-immolation." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"Neither clever nor heartwarming..." more... |
C- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The film has its funny moments, but they are too few to make the holiday excursion worthwhile." more... |
C |
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