Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 95
Fresh: 49 | Rotten: 46
The performances are the strength of Nothing Like the Holidays, a rather ordinary holiday comedy with a latin twist.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 14
The performances are the strength of Nothing Like the Holidays, a rather ordinary holiday comedy with a latin twist.
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Freddy Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, and Elizabeth Peña star in Washington Heights director Alfredo de Villa's earnest family drama about the importance of familial relationships in times of personal crisis. The snow is falling and Christmas has come to Chicago. For the Rodriguez family, there is particular cause to celebrate this year; youngest sibling Jesse (Rodriguez) has recently returned home safe and sound after fighting in the war overseas. But as the members of
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There are some standout performances from some young stars on the rise.
Top CriticHarmless, predictable, contrived -- if those are the best things you can say about a movie I think you should definitely skip it.
With help from a lively cast and a twist on the formula, it seems fresh and enticing -- like a Christmas present you didn't know you wanted but are delighted to receive.
While there may well be nothing like the holidays, there's a lot that is dully familiar about the movie of the same name.
Though the turf is well-traveled, the characters' camaraderie and their palpable sense of ethnic pride trumps the predictability and makes for a tale that is pleasantly appealing.
The ensemble cast boasts some of the finest actors in the business. They do their best to breathe life into the stereotypes, but they simply don't have enough to work with.
I swell with pride at this film as it's a respectable and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the bonds of a tightly knit large Puerto Rican family...
A warm, unabashedly sentimental drama...
Familiar but funny holiday story with a Latino flavor.
Same people, different dishes on the dinner table.
A harmless, slightly charming and warm family drama.
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Enormously appealing characters.
just like the gifts one gets every year, Nothing Like the Holidays is a hit-and-miss entertainment experience.
The spirited, superb ensemble assembled by director Alfredo DeVilla lends the familiar proceedings pep and personality.
De Villa and the ensemble cast provide a comfortable, lived-in feeling -- like your own family, only louder.
Nothing Like the Holidays most certainly is. It's about as welcome as a cup of canned eggnog and a slice of 3-year-old Claxton fruitcake -- and just as indigestible.
The movie is bland. Which is a crying shame when the source material has so much flavor.
Not a great movie but it does have good likable actors playing good likable characters.
Watching Leguizamo dance to the 'The Show' and compete in a 'who's got the bigger chainsaw/penis' contest was certainly funnier than Vince Vaughn in a short skirt or Reese Witherspoon trying to figure out how a breast pump works.
A film that we've seen dozens of times before.
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