User Reviews

Let's be honest - the rom-com formula has been done to the extreme.

No matter how hard writers try to find a unique angle - the formula remains pretty much the same.

This movie rides that line of finding a new approach like - exes being forced to spend Christmas together with family.

Rather than being a heartwarming reunion, the family makes the son feel less welcome than the nasty ex-fiance.

There is a bet between the two exes on who will get to stay with the family for Christmas, REALLY?

I guess they figured they had Robbie Amell as the shiny sparkly wrapping that none of the characters needed to have any substance underneath.

In spite of the above, it does have a few entertaining moments.

I give it a solid 6 stars, do with that what you will.

This movie is genuinely awful, horrible, blasphemous, hateful and just really bad. I like Robbie Amell and Leighton Maester...usually, however the characters they play are awful; his parents even more. The premise is ok, we've seen it before and it can be done well but whoever wrote these characters and their actions fails big time. Checks all the correct boxes of course since it's a new movie so covers all the diverseness in just one family, go figure (including faux "date-ees"). The mother is clueless her accidental comments that are supposed to be naive and funny fall flat and just end up nasty. The dad is not a smart guy, the sister ridiculous, the obviously adopted brother might as well have been nonexistent as his character was irrelevant.

So onward, his exfiance breaks up with him and breaks his heart because he's not engaged in the relationship because he works too much, she stays in touch with his family behind his back and when he says he can't come home due to a deadline, they invite her (although it seems they had already done that) because she's so "lovely". When he surprises them of course she's there and the badness ensues. The loving family cares more about her than their own son and constantly pick her over him. They then bet to get the other out before Christmas and the hatefulness begins, in one instance she instigates him overflowing the toilet on the second floor, can you tell me what part of that is funny, can you?? S

Someone repeatedly steals the baby Jesus from the nativity scene out front and it's ok and "funny" to replace it with odd toys from home depot that all have Jesus hair and beards and that's supposed to be funny? I found it absurd and blasphemous, another play on un-christianing America yet again, at Christmas no less. Chemistry is no where in sight between the too and even if it was there the family antics and complete selfishness and cluelessness is a complete turn off.

Didn't even finish it, having the flu would have been better. I'm sure they get together again and blah blah blah but who cares. Waste of talent and time.

There were at least some good moments and humor in this film, no doubt. Some of the acting some of the time was decent but overall it was pretty generic. A few of the characters were also good, I liked his sister played by Veronika Slowikowska. The plot is very predictable (if you're someone who's seen a lot of movies/rom coms before). There was one hockey scene toward the end that felt very sudden and out of place, however I guess it was needed so that the father could have his heart attack and so that the family/couple could have their serious and emotional moment that helps resolve everything. You can just see stuff coming a mile away and it can be pretty eye-roll worthy.