This movie is genuinely awful, horrible, blasphemous, hateful and just really bad. I like Robbie Amell and Leighton Maester...usually, however the characters they play are awful; his parents even more. The premise is ok, we've seen it before and it can be done well but whoever wrote these characters and their actions fails big time. Checks all the correct boxes of course since it's a new movie so covers all the diverseness in just one family, go figure (including faux "date-ees"). The mother is clueless her accidental comments that are supposed to be naive and funny fall flat and just end up nasty. The dad is not a smart guy, the sister ridiculous, the obviously adopted brother might as well have been nonexistent as his character was irrelevant.
So onward, his exfiance breaks up with him and breaks his heart because he's not engaged in the relationship because he works too much, she stays in touch with his family behind his back and when he says he can't come home due to a deadline, they invite her (although it seems they had already done that) because she's so "lovely". When he surprises them of course she's there and the badness ensues. The loving family cares more about her than their own son and constantly pick her over him. They then bet to get the other out before Christmas and the hatefulness begins, in one instance she instigates him overflowing the toilet on the second floor, can you tell me what part of that is funny, can you?? S
Someone repeatedly steals the baby Jesus from the nativity scene out front and it's ok and "funny" to replace it with odd toys from home depot that all have Jesus hair and beards and that's supposed to be funny? I found it absurd and blasphemous, another play on un-christianing America yet again, at Christmas no less. Chemistry is no where in sight between the too and even if it was there the family antics and complete selfishness and cluelessness is a complete turn off.
Didn't even finish it, having the flu would have been better. I'm sure they get together again and blah blah blah but who cares. Waste of talent and time.
So onward, his exfiance breaks up with him and breaks his heart because he's not engaged in the relationship because he works too much, she stays in touch with his family behind his back and when he says he can't come home due to a deadline, they invite her (although it seems they had already done that) because she's so "lovely". When he surprises them of course she's there and the badness ensues. The loving family cares more about her than their own son and constantly pick her over him. They then bet to get the other out before Christmas and the hatefulness begins, in one instance she instigates him overflowing the toilet on the second floor, can you tell me what part of that is funny, can you?? S
Someone repeatedly steals the baby Jesus from the nativity scene out front and it's ok and "funny" to replace it with odd toys from home depot that all have Jesus hair and beards and that's supposed to be funny? I found it absurd and blasphemous, another play on un-christianing America yet again, at Christmas no less. Chemistry is no where in sight between the too and even if it was there the family antics and complete selfishness and cluelessness is a complete turn off.
Didn't even finish it, having the flu would have been better. I'm sure they get together again and blah blah blah but who cares. Waste of talent and time.