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this movie was funny at times okay the plot was okay it was about a famiely having christmas together and bennig a familey when son come home it cause trouble throught the movie the chacter go through diffrent things like one son wants to sing and...
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this movie was funny at times okay the plot was okay it was about a famiely having christmas together and bennig a familey when son come home it cause trouble throught the movie the chacter go through diffrent things like one son wants to sing and the cast was good. in all i would give this movie 7.

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Posted nov 29, 2007 10:27 am pt

• [+] TV Guide
  
  88
  Fast paced and engagingly acted.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  83
  This Christmas is the rare movie about a cozy household at holiday time that's as funny and dramatic and poignant as any seasonal family get-together should be.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  It's warm, witty and alive, with a fantastic cast and a belief in its characters that transcends its formulaic tendencies.

  by G. Allen Johnson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  At the multiplex where so many holiday movies feel regifted, This Christmas is a gift.

  by Carrie Rickey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  What's surprising is how well Whitmore, the director, manages to direct traffic. He's got one crisis cooling, another problem exploding, a third dilemma gathering steam and people exchanging significant looks about secrets still not introduced. It's sort of a screwball-comedy effect, but with a heart.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  Everyone in this madly good-looking clan has got soapy problems as befits an aspirational, say-amen holiday movie.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  75
  It's different from the usual fare in one obvious way -- most of the cast are African Americans -- and, more importantly, in its willingness to leave some problems unsolved and volatile or unhappy people unchanged.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  70
  Impressively stays away from the cheese and the sap that ordinarily accompany holiday pictures.

  by Stina Chyn | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  70
  This carefully observed film has lots of heart.

  by Andrea Gronvall | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  A rare holiday treat, a package that's both thoughtfully selected and sure to please its intended recipients.

  by Lael Loewenstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  The result is a big, gushy, emotional, secret-driven, family-obsessive casserole, perhaps facile in some of its resolutions, but so full of good heart and love -- the real kind, which is scratchy, awkward, difficult to express and doesn't conquer all but just some -- that the movie is difficult to resist.

  by Stephen Hunter | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  67
  "Christmas" won't wow anyone with its audacity or originality, but it's bound to make plenty of people happy with its slick, crowd-pleasing familiarity.

  by Nathan Rabin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  63
  One of those overstaffed, overstuffed "when do we eat?" holiday dramedies. Call it a double-extra-strength episode of "Soul Food."

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  63
  Overstuffed, formulaic but very easy to take.

  by Michael Phillips | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  63
  Enjoyable enough. Though like some holiday fare, it doesn't quite stay with you.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »