Rotten
This family comedy finds unearned laughs in old women and dog flatulence.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Somewhere between L.A. and N.Y. Jake found the meaning of Christmas.
1998 · 1h 26m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Arlene Sanford
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
Overview
Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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23%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Arrogance gives way to humility, making this an appropriate, if thoroughly cliched, Christmas morality tale that's sugar-coated with an attractive cast spouting sitcom-quality dialogue.
Lael Loewenstein, Variety
Rotten
None of the cast comes off well, but they have little to work with, since the dialogue sounds like it was made up on the spot and performed without rehearsal.
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
A Christmas turkey.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Adequate in every way and oddly subversive in spots, but that's about it.
Ted Fry, Film.com
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