The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

PG-13

Released Dec 7, 2012

1h 42m

Holiday

Comedy

Drama

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Rifts emerge among family members when their long-estranged patriarch decides to come home for the holidays.

Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Resentments, pregnancies, cancer, spousal abuse and the struggle of a recovering alcoholic all come and go on cue.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 27, 2012

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

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.

Dec 12, 2012

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

A holiday-themed piece shot through with humor and heartbreak. No bull. And low on sappy.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 10, 2012

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

[A]chingly lovely... so full of bittersweet melancholy and yet so fixedly hopeful without ever having to touch on the sentimental...

Dec 20, 2012

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Connie Ogle

Miami Herald

These Fitzgeralds are loud, selfish and often maddening, but they're a loving group, and you wouldn't mind spending more time with them.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 14, 2012

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

The ensemble cast is mostly agreeable, but the script eventually bogs down amid too many characters and too many contrivances.

Dec 10, 2012

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Audience Member

Excruciatingly slow. The acting was not great alot of the time. The storylines were painfully predictable. The last 60 seconds of the movie was moving and will stay with me for awhile...but I won't watch it again and wish I hadn't wasted my time watching it the first time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Very realistic! Ed burns perfect as older brother, acting was amazing, got caught up in the family story,

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

I think this is Ed Burns' best movie. As usual, he depicts and Irish-American family with insight and observant dialogue, but this one has more heartfelt emotion and difficult truths, including coming to terms with betrayal and loss. At the end, we don't know exactly what is in store for each character, but will probably root for most of them.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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With absolutely nobody famous this Netlix movie has a more interesting family dynamic and one that is infinitely more relatable than those in major Hollywood Christmas movies. I found that the characters were also less two dimensional too. A real surprise for such a low brow movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

So. Boring. And flat. And Connie Britton was given the absolute most 2-D role.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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There is a sex scene in the beginning. This movie is not for kids under 17 and should be rated R.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Synopsis

Rifts emerge among family members when their long-estranged patriarch decides to come home for the holidays.

Director: Edward Burns
Producer: Aaron Lubin, Edward Burns, William Rexer
Screenwriter: Edward Burns
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Production Co: Marlboro Road Gang Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual References|Some Drug References|Language|Thematic Material)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 7, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.8K
Runtime: 1h 42m