I dunno what this movie even was. It wasn't funny enough to be a comedy or well written enough to be an engaging drama. It's all over the map with no transitions between scenes. It just whiplashes from silly family humor to extremely intense interpersonal problems to a funny escapade then back again.
The plot is lame and boring, writing isn't snappy or memorable and could have been written by any beginning screenwriter, the characters are close to working and being complex but instead they fall slightly to the side of cliche cutouts of each character trait, etc.
The cast almost saves it because it's pretty great. They're obviously trying to do what they can with it but it never goes anywhere and is just personal family drama none of us really cared about. It didn't make me feel the Xmas joy or thankful for my own family - it just made us bored and feel like we should be laughing but nothing funny was happening.
The plot is lame and boring, writing isn't snappy or memorable and could have been written by any beginning screenwriter, the characters are close to working and being complex but instead they fall slightly to the side of cliche cutouts of each character trait, etc.
The cast almost saves it because it's pretty great. They're obviously trying to do what they can with it but it never goes anywhere and is just personal family drama none of us really cared about. It didn't make me feel the Xmas joy or thankful for my own family - it just made us bored and feel like we should be laughing but nothing funny was happening.