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Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:14
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: The performances are the strength of Nothing Like the Holidays, a rather ordinary holiday comedy with a latin twist.
Theatrical Release:Dec 12, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $7,478,384
Synopsis: If theres one thing everyone can agree on, its that family time isnt always a walk in the park. In Nothing Like the Holidays, two of todays most talented actors, John Leguizamo (The Happening, The... [More]
Starring: Freddy Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Elizabeth Peņa
Director: Alfredo de Villa
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Reviews for Nothing Like the Holidays
Top CriticHarmless, predictable, contrived -- if those are the best things you can say about a movie I think you should definitely skip it.
12/15/08
Top CriticWith 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.
12/12/08
Top CriticWhile there may well be nothing like the holidays, there's a lot that is dully familiar about the movie of the same name.
12/12/08
Top CriticThough 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.
12/12/08
Top CriticThe 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.
12/12/08
Top CriticThe whole thing's a little like the meals it spotlights. You know, while you're guiltily indulging, that it's no good for you. But that doesn't keep you from feeling full afterward.
12/12/08
Top Critic'God is punishing me,' says the matriarch. Not just you.
12/12/08
Top CriticSometimes its fun to unwrap a present even if you already know whats waiting inside.
12/12/08
Top CriticThe Rodriguezes are dealing with divorce, a war injury, cancer and even Christmas, but these setbacks are all played for jokes.
12/12/08
Top CriticIt's the latest entry in the dysfunctional family holiday genre... that dark blossoming group of films that remind us how thoroughly messed up life is even at special times before concluding that family makes it all worthwhile.
12/12/08
Top CriticBeyond the movie's seasonal familiarities of resentment and reconciliation are plenty of sweet-funny details of Latino life.
12/12/08
Top CriticThe movie's not really interested in originality, though. Instead, it wants to wrap the old seasonal homilies in the warm specifics of time and place and ethnicity. At that, it succeeds.
12/12/08
Top CriticAn efficient home-for-Christmas ensemble comedy trimmed with plastic teardrops.
12/12/08
Top CriticLike fruitcake, movies like this are ubiquitous at this time of the year but rarely are they devoured with great relish or enthusiasm.
12/11/08
Top CriticAy Caramba, the holiday season can be difficult enough, but think how much worse it would be if you lived in a family full of movie stereotypes?
12/11/08
Top CriticThe cast, including Luis Guzman and Jay Hernandez, is strong and attractive but ultimately hamstrung by artificial situations and a hackneyed ending.
12/11/08
Top CriticIf the conflicts feel warmed over and the resolutions obvious, the performances, particularly those of Rodriguez, Ferlito, Messing and Peņa, are so warm and winning that director Alfredo De Villa makes it a tasty entertainment.
12/11/08
Top CriticIt's the modest goal of a modest little picture like this--to capture something heartfelt and real, finding anyone doing anything and meaning it, regardless of how patently false the situation seems.
12/11/08
Top CriticTo a necessary degree the screenplay by Alison Swan and Rick Najera follows familiar formulas. But then the dialogue, the specifics, and the acting take charge, and the movie becomes funny, sad, corny, romantic, heartfelt, all when it needs to be.
12/11/08
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