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Nov 20, 2007 · Almost everyone in the family secretly knows her secrets, but nobody knows most of the others. Advertisement. That makes "This Christmas" a very busy holiday comedy, where plot points circle and land on an overcrowded schedule. Once I saw what was happening, I started to enjoy it.
Nov 21, 2007 · This Christmas features strong performances and a sharp portrayal of family dynamics, but relies too heavily on holiday movie clichés. At holiday time, family matriarch Ma'Dere Whitfield (Loretta ...
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- Preston A. Whitmore II
- PG-13
- Delroy Lindo
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Our review: Parents say Not yet rated Rate movie. Kids say ( 1 ): A typical domestic dramedy full of trivial arguments and predictable reconciliations, This Christmas offers one exceptional moment: Chris Brown performing "Try a Little Tenderness" in a club.
- Preston A. Whitmore II
- Cynthia Fuchs
- Chris Brown, Delroy Lindo, Regina King
Nov 21, 2007 · This Christmas: Directed by Preston A. Whitmore II. With Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown. A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.
- Preston A. Whitmore II
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- 3 min
Classic! "This Christmas" will inevitably be misattributed to Tyler Perry, not only because it's a movie with a predominantly African-American cast. The facts that Lindo's character is a deacon, and Devine plays a church-going, God-fearing woman, a role into which she is frequently typecast, don't help much.
Nov 21, 2007 · This Christmas. Directed by Preston A. Whitmore II. Comedy, Drama, Romance. PG-13. 1h 57m. By Laura Kern. Nov. 21, 2007. In movies the holidays are a time when families come together, and a ...
Movie Review. Christmas has always been an elaborate production at the Whitfield house. And matriarch Shirley Ann “Ma’Dere” Whitfield is eagerly anticipating the homecoming of her beloved family. But it seems that this year each of her wandering chicks are returning to the nest with a suitcase full of troubles.