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A Christmas Tale (2008)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   A- Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Ty Burr "...the director has fashioned a love-letter to French film and the entire history of cinema..." more... A   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...a strangely encompassing collection of private moments among the members of a large family with a fraught history." more... A- Chicago Tribune Matt Pais "If only American holiday movies were this convincing, honest and unsentimental." more... B+ Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...enchanting." more... A   filmcritic.com Chris Cabin "...briskly paced but never hurried." more... A- Hollywood Reporter Bernard Besserglik "Febrile family drama offers Christmas feast with risk of indigestion." more... B- New York Times A. O. Scott "...marvelous..." more... A   ReelViews James Berardinelli "The film's success or failure depends almost entirely on a viewer's ability to relate to and become involved in the lives of the characters." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "The cast is heaven..." more... A- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)