This thing was all sizzle and no substance, a tired retelling of A Christmas Carol just packed to the gills with forgettable songs and generic dance numbers. If they were going for a Christmas classic, they missed by a mile because there was no heart beating in the chest of this monster, just sly quips and asides. It's trying to be too cool for its own good, with both Ferrell and Reynolds regurgitating the same old chops we've seen a dozen times before, adding nothing new or fresh. The Christmas classics mentioned earlier may seem simple, maybe even maudlin by today's standards, but that makes them all the more heartfelt. I couldn't discern anything heartfelt in this movie, just contrived and calculated to elicit an "emotional" response.
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