Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

juzwaitinonmimoment I so love this moviei watch it every year for Christmas and throughout the year sometime 3or4 times a day hope there will b a part 2. I love the plot the cast i can watch this movie over and over again. I love that it circles around family it reminds me of the good ole days n what Christmas is really about n ways it reminds me og my family my grandma kids. Please make a part 2. I want to see the aftermath n part 2. Maybe even see a part 3 or 4 i can see this movie as a series. The Whitefield Christmas every year im so excited. I would recommend this movie . i can go on n on about this movie. And the cast phenomenal. Outstanding cast. I want to see joe n ma'dear get married mel finish school settle down baby go off to school Quentin accept joe Sandy and Claude and their baby the whole family doing good.

fluffchop Looking in the TV guide I saw the names Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer and Regina King. With names like that it had black movie written all over it. Sure enough I clicked the IMDb link and there's not a white person in it. Visions of Eddie Murphy's Christmas with the Clumps sprang to mind. Pass me that there fried chicken, and where's the gravy for my biscuits {rips off a huge fart}. I found it very formulaic and very days of lives boring. I don't know what it is about Christmas that movie makes feel the need to get all preachy. This movies suggests everyone should put the past 4 years of hostilities behind them and just get along.

leighabc123 I had to laugh at the fact that Loretta Devine played the family matriarch in this movie! It was never revealed to the family that she was still "married" to Senior while sleeping with Joe. Regina King's character waited too long to get revenge on that cheating husband. And why does someone always meet someone and fall in love instantly in the movies? We all knew that Quentin was going to come back at the end of the movie. And Chris Brown's character just happened to be singing at the club that all the siblings went to late at night. This movie couldn't be too bad with fly Lauren London, fly Sharon Leal, and Regina King in it. There were too many problems in this family. a corporal who went AWOL and married and got a white woman pregnant. A brother who owes bad guys $25,000 and gets beat up by them a lot. And many many more subplots!

Perry Mercer (Blackace) It seem people are still trying to sabotage these black films on this website. There are over 300 scores that are "1", which is ridiculous for this film. The same thing has been happening with Tyler Perry films. Very sad, but these movies are doing very well at the box office, so the actors, directors and producers really have the last laugh.The movie is about a black American family getting together for the X-Mas holiday. Of course the movie wouldn't be very interesting without a lot of drama about family members. Ma'Dere is trying to get everything ready for the holidays, but finds out along the way that her kids have several secrets that could make the holiday season a bit difficult. Quentin, her oldest son who has been gone for 3 years, returns home, but bring along some bad baggage with him. Ma'Dere's other some Claude is home from the service duty, but he too has several secrets that will shock the family. Daughter Lisa is dealing with an unfaithful husband, who's real motive could hurt Lisa's family business. Kelli is home as well and must deal with the family issue and try to find love at the same time. Even Ma'Dere youngest son Baby is keeping something special from her.The story is well told, but lags in some areas. If you are expecting a lot of laughs and crazy outbursts like in "Why I Got Married", then you're at the wrong film. This film could have easily have gone straight to DVD, but I'm glad the producers gave it at chance at theaters. It's actually has done very well.Chris Brown does a decent job of acting in this film and obviously has more then a few fans. There were teenage give behind me screaming and giggling every time he appeared on the screen. Aaahh..kids. It was good to see Delroy Lindo and Loretta Devine on screen again. These are great actors who definitely deserve more chances to shine. Overall the movie is entertaining and worth a look if you want to bring the whole family to the movies. Otherwise wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it.