Hey, what if they made a movie and absolutely nothing happened in it? Would you see it? What if there was no plot, no action, no real story, just a movie with people and a dysfunctional Christmas. Well, then go see Nothing Like The Holidays. A feeble attempt at I think a Christmas comedy, with some drama, but I'm still not sure.
It's the story of the Rodriguez family who live in Chicago in a very middle class neighborhood. Jessie is the youngest of three children, and he is just home from Iraq for the holidays. His older brother and his wife from New York are in too, and the single sister from California makes the trip as well. Then let the dysfunction begin!!
They've all got problems! Mom and dad are getting a divorce. No one gets along, no one is who they seem to be, and arguing is the centerpiece of their lives. Let's try to toss in some gang related issues, some sort of jilted love story thing, and what you've got is one big mess!
NLTH misses every boat there is to miss. Literally NOTHING happens in this debacle. In addition to the above, it even tries to turn into a terminal illness movie to give it some heart, but that fails too. It's just awful. I'm not sure if I've seen a movie in years that is so short on plot of any kind. I literally have NO idea why they made this movie, and I have NO idea how movie makers could not see they had nothing...NOTHING to work with here.
Nothing Like The Holidays. Well at least they got the NOTHING part of it right. Do anything in your power to miss this. Not worth you time or dime. But don't feel bad, the makers of this gem ...missed it too, in every way possible.
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2 comments:
That was a funny review !
Sometimes they just put out a Christmas themed movie just for the sake of doing it!
PS:Visiting here from Cliffs blog
So you're saying that this movie is direct to dollar DVD?
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