Worth enduring only for a rare lead performance by Paul Giamatti, whose expert delineation of rage and frustration lends form to Morrison's otherwise shapeless script.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
4 Oct 2013
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The film has an accomplished mood of cantankerous despair, but it's still little more than downbeat fluff.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct 2013
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The film is happy to observe wryly as boredom and failure threaten to overwhelm the men.
– John DeFore,
Hollywood Reporter,
7 Oct 2013
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This engaging if somewhat underwhelming tale of unlikely redemption builds a funny-sad web of intersecting interactions around its strong central perfs.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Variety,
7 Oct 2013
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You might think you can see where Almost Christmas is heading but it never quite loses its acerbic edge or goes emotionally blooey.