Er, it ain’t a classic…
Its a pretty good title, isnt it?
In fact, its such a good idea its been done before, but what Christmas idea hasnt?
Hes a Scrooge and a half.
He hates not only Christmas but any form of long-term commitment, and really hates his girlfriends son.
Everyone in the first thirty minutes of the movie is quite horrible.
Everyone is self-obsessed and whiny.
in a convincing manner.
Did it make any sense?
Do we really think he has suddenly learned to love kids, particularly the odious offspring of his girlfriend?
I suppose that goes without saying, though.
Also I found an unpleasant tone to some of the verbal jokes that made me wince.
In summary: If youre looking for a perfect undiscovered Christmas gem of a film, this isnt it.
How sad that Im prepared to call it an acceptable Christmas movie on such meagre grounds.
Santa was right before the amnesia struck Christmas used to be much better than this.
