This was a pretty good movie, though it is certainly not a conservative family movie. The members of the family have some significant flaws, and not all of those flaws are identified as flaws. This is a very secular Christmas movie, so be forewarned. The moral values depicted sympathetically are not the ones which some might find appropriate, and there is too much sexual content for young children. Some of the issues brought forth are very real, though some of the subplots get too little time. The issue of racial tension with the surprise white daughter-in-law amidst a black family is only touched on for a short time, and the issue of a church deacon living with his girlfriend is not touched on at all. Also, I personally have always found it disturbing when a film intimates that a casual sexual fling is a good way to start a successful relationship, which is suggested somewhat in this film.
Review of This Christmas
