This Christmas
You can't exchange family.
You can't exchange family.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2007
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This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
27 Nov 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$13,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
An incoherent mess in which scenes of teary reconciliations sit uncomfortably next to protracted gags involving catfights, car wrecks and a big bottle of baby oil.
– Jason Anderson,
Globe and Mail,
23 Nov 2007
rotten:
If the real-life Christmas experience tends too often to be marred by the rude contradiction between expectations and reality, movies like the ultra-bland holiday family movie This Christmas are at least partly to blame.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
24 Nov 2007
fresh:
I could actually see this becoming kind of a minor perennial during the holidays.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
27 Nov 2007
rotten:
This is good-natured, determinedly aspirational African-American entertainment, but did it have to be quite so heavy on the cliches?
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
29 Nov 2007
fresh:
o matter how silly the situation, each member of the uniformly strong cast creates a nice balance between sentimental and sweet -- which is just how every holiday gathering should feel.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
1 Dec 2007