Friday, November 29, 2013

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas 2012


The Fitzgerald Family Christmas     Jim Fitzgerald walked out on his family 20 years ago.  Now he wants to join them for Christmas dinner.  Their mother Jose is opposed to the idea and she has said she will never let him set foot in her house again.  Some of the children never really knew their father at all.  There are a lot of scars from abandonment for them.
     There is nothing here that hasn’t been done and said many times before and probably better.  This film is full of sibling discord, parental resentment and old wounds.  2 ½* (This movie is so-so)  

97 min, Drama directed by Edward Burns with Ed Lauter, Anita Gillette, Edward Burns, Connie Britton, Kerry Bishe, Heather Bruns, Dara Coleman, Brian d’Arcy James, Marsha Dietlein, Noah Emmerich, Caitlin FitzGerald, Tom Guiry, Michael McGlone, Daniella Pineda.

Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 6.3 out of 10, 64% critic 49% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Special Note:  A much better film with a Christmas theme is Love Actually.

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