The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 9
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 6
No consensus yet.
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With THE FITZGERALD FAMILY CHRISTMAS, Burns returns to the working-class, Irish-American roots of THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN. Reuniting with McMullen co-stars Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights", "Nashville"), and Michael McGlone, along with Noah Emmerich (LITTLE CHILDREN, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS), Kerry Bishé (ARGO, RED STATE) and Caitlin FitzGerald (DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, NEWLYWEDS) Burns seamlessly weaves an ensemble story of adult siblings dealing with the desire of their estranged father (Ed Lauter, THE
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Cast
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Kerry Bishé
Sharon Fitzgerald -
Edward Burns
Gerry Fitzgerald -
Heather Burns
Erin Fitzgerald -
Marsha Dietlein Bennett
Dottie Fitzgerald -
Caitlin Fitzgerald
Connie Fitzgerald -
Anita Gillette
Rosie Fitzgerald -
Tom Guiry
Cyril Fitzgerald -
Ed Lauter
Jim Fitzgerald -
Michael McGlone
Quinn Fitzgerald -
Nick Sandow
Corey -
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Connie Britton
Nora -
Joyce Van Patten
Mrs. McGowan -
Dara Coleman
JJ -
Brian d'Arcy James
Skippy -
Malachy McCourt
Father -
Daniella Pineda
Abbie -
John Solo
Johnny Esposito -
Michele L. Harris
Quinn's Assistant -
Kevin Kash
Brian
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (9)
Resentments, pregnancies, cancer, spousal abuse and the struggle of a recovering alcoholic all come and go on cue.
Top CriticThese Fitzgeralds are loud, selfish and often maddening, but they're a loving group, and you wouldn't mind spending more time with them.
Burns remains an agreeable presence throughout, and the emotions mostly ring true, even if the comic elements feel overly broad and individual episodes are hit-and-miss.
A holiday-themed piece shot through with humor and heartbreak. No bull. And low on sappy.
Too much of the film is taken up by creaky plot devices and one sibling vowing to track down and talk to another one to resolve a problem.
Manages the considerable feat of interweaving the personal dramas of nine members of a boisterous Irish-American clan into a coherent mosaic with a streamlined narrative drive.
[A]chingly lovely... so full of bittersweet melancholy and yet so fixedly hopeful without ever having to touch on the sentimental...
The ensemble cast is mostly agreeable, but the script eventually bogs down amid too many characters and too many contrivances.
The dysfunctional silbling-squabbling delivers diluted holiday cheer.
Burns' latest demonstrates the workmanlike skill with which he's produced a new relationship drama every one or two years.
A fertile battlefield of sibling discontent and parental resentment, creating a prickly but inviting familial atmosphere that offers enough variation in woe to ease the script out of its occasional dalliance with clumsy melodrama.
Burns gives a rare picture of another borough, showing the working-class environment he grew up in, and eulogizes: Queens, and even the beaches of Long Island when not in high season.
Audience Reviews for The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
The film needed a rewrite. It was too predictable. Also there were too many characters/family members and subplots in the film, that I forgot about a couple of them midway through the film. The pacing was also off.
On the positive, all the actors are well cast. I know Burns was trying to cast an actor from his past films in this film. Connie Britton and Mike McGlone were awesome in the film.
Super Reviewer
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- Nora: There's gotta be another train...
- Gerry Fitzgerald: Not tonight.
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- Jim Fitzgerald: I had no intention of breaking this family up!
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