Kidskycom
It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
SeeQuant
Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
mrsTrellis-2
Don't watch it, it's sh*t.The good guys are from small-town America, simply trying to celebrate Christmas in the same unconstitutional (so it seems) way that they have done for many a year when evil corporate lawyer sleazes into town. He immediately sets out to spoil Christmas for everyone and steal it for himself .... oh no that was the Grinch wasn't it. Needless to say he is just as bad, old man Potter in a nice suit, ready to do anything (including calling the police on little girls) to get his own way. Muuhhuu haw. Hmm, self-indulgent, preaching, terrible characters (Mr Baldwin might as well be twisting his moustaches and tying virgins to train tracks he is painted so obviously as the villain). This is one out of the bottom drawer. IMDb should allow for zero or negatives on the rating system.
ectogwarb
I haven't seen this movie, but I have to comment on the others reviews here. I hate how people are so quick to criticize and become "offended" at every little thing they can get their hands on these days. Christmas may have started as a Christian holiday, but now it is a secular holiday. It's Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas, and every other winter gift giving season in one. There are a lot of people of every faith that celebrate Christmas. It's a time to set aside to be nice to each other, spread a little more love than the rest of the year, give and get gifts that say "you're special to someone" and generally feel better than the rest of the year. There's not a lot to feel nice about these days, and the fact that people attack the celebration of Christmas because it happened once to be a Christian holiday is abhorrent. It didn't even start as a Christian holiday. It used to be a pagan holiday and was turned into a day to celebrate Christ's birth because it was convenient for the church because everyone was celebrating at that time anyway. It has changed again. Ask almost any child who they think of when they think of Christmas and they won't say Jesus, they'll say Santa Claus. I would say you should be ashamed of yourselves for denigrating something that should make everyone feel better about everyone else, but it's Christmas time, so I'll just say Merry Christmas to you all, regardless of religion, and consider this message strongly the next time you think about badmouthing Christmas.
stulau-1
I'm an atheist and I loved this move, if you're surprised to read that, well you're not half as surprised as I was. I watched this film for one reason, and one reason only, I wanted to laugh at what I imagined would be a film so bad it was good. That's not what happened though, instead of caricatures of good Christians being beset by evil Atheists, what we got was a film biased in favour of the Christian viewpoint but also one which was careful to make sure that every character was shown as a real human being. It was heartwarming to watch a group of people struggle to overcome their differences and find some resolution to the problems they faced. There was no cop out ending, sure, "lessons were learned" in that hokey way you often see in TV movies but so what, sometimes we need a little hokeyness in our lives. This is a lovely movie to watch at Christmas, or the Holiday Season if you prefer. Whether you're a believer or an unbeliever, set aside your prejudices (we all have them) and enjoy a great movie.
papabearEG
This film is so disgusting and disturbing on so many levels I refused to let my niece watch it. I want her to know that our faith is about love and that means having utmost humility and respect for the beliefs of others. What strikes me as most sad is the "us against them" viewpoint that has become all to prevalent in today's churches along with The idea that being a Christian puts you automatically at war with anyone who doesn't believe as we do. this film has a confrontational, angry tone that is based an a fantasy that America belongs to us and us alone, and our faith has no room for anyone who is not a fundamentalist Christian, I am disturbed that it paints us as angry, hard hearted people. Christmas with a capital C is nothing more than paranoid masturbation and has no place in my home.
