Almost Christmas

PG-13

Released Nov 11, 2016

1 hr. 52 min.

Holiday

Comedy

Drama

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69 Reviews

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Walter Meyer (Danny Glover) is a retired mechanic who lost the love of his life one year earlier. Now that the holiday season is here, he invites daughters Rachel (Gabrielle Union) and Cheryl (Kimberly Elise) and sons Christian (Romany Malco) and Evan (Jessie T. Usher) to his house for a traditional celebration. Poor Walter soon realizes that if his bickering children and the rest of the family can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle.

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Critics Consensus

While far from the worst holiday dramedy audiences could hope for, Almost Christmas isn't distinctive enough to prompt a visit to the theater -- or annual yuletide viewings.

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Carol H

Just what a Christmas movie should have: a long-overdue family gathering of far-flung relatives, holiday meals, music, holiday decorating, hilarity (so funny), sticky situations, romance, and plenty of scenes that will have viewers laughing and crying (mostly happy tears). I love this movie and have watched it every Christmas season for many years.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Tinesha P

I loved this movie! It had just the right amount of crying and heartfelt moments! A must watch!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/10/23

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James C

Got this off the rotten christmas list and I thought it was great for a Christmas movie! Sure it's got some heavy cheese but I thought it worked pretty well without coming off that way. Definitely a movie I'll watch again next December.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/08/23

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Keshon L

This movie would be way better if it did it self very serious but its other average movie it has some good drama with the family but it was just was not forced on the main task of the movie which there is so much plots in does which makes no sense.selling the house was so dumb and that family table arugment it is funny.this movie is wired and its just like 2007 this chirstmas its kinda like that movie but yeah not a fan its a 5.5/10 i will not see again.all the characters are not fun or likeable just ok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/22

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Audience Member

Instant classic with a heart felt story and awesome one liners.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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lewis m

Awesome holiday movie! Funny, family situational comedy. There is some cursing and some suggestive themes. This movie is on our annual Christmas movie list!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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David E. Talbert

Director

Danny Glover

Walter

Gabrielle Union

Rachel

Mo'Nique

Aunt May

Kimberly Elise

Cheryl

Romany Malco

Christian

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Aramide Tinubu

Shadow and Act

Almost Christmas follows a series of predictable twists, that doesn't negate its charm.

Rated: B

Apr 12, 2017

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

You can't fault the film for its efficiency. Each of these idylls is threatened by a problem that will be solved within a reasonably tidy running time.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

Aside from the traditional spaghetti set-up of conflicts that will unfurl and be resolved with good cheer around the turkey, David E Talbert's film has a rather moving backstory about the death of the family matriarch the previous year.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 29, 2016

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Almost Christmas isn't a brilliant film, though it's an entertaining and satisfying one.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 1, 2020

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

When Talbert allows his cast to let loose and have fun, that affection reverberates from the screen. When he decides to dial it back and take things seriously is when we run into trouble.

Rated: C+

Jul 11, 2020

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Julian Lytle

Punch Drunk Critics

You'll get through this movie and laugh a little but really going with the cast that's there you should be laughing way more.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 11, 2020

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Synopsis

Walter Meyer (Danny Glover) is a retired mechanic who lost the love of his life one year earlier. Now that the holiday season is here, he invites daughters Rachel (Gabrielle Union) and Cheryl (Kimberly Elise) and sons Christian (Romany Malco) and Evan (Jessie T. Usher) to his house for a traditional celebration. Poor Walter soon realizes that if his bickering children and the rest of the family can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle.

Director: David E. Talbert
Executive Producer: Lyn Sisson-Talbert, David E. Talbert, Preston L. Holmes, James Lopez, Gabrielle Union, Jeff Morrone
Screenwriter: David E. Talbert
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, Will Packer Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug Content|Suggestive Material)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 24, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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