This Christmas (2007) 6/10

Starring : Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Columbus Short, Regina King
Director : Preston A Whitmore II
Running Time : 114 mins

It’s been four years since the Whitfield family have spent Christmas together, and finally matriarch Shirley Ann (Devine), known to her kids as Ma’Dere, has managed to get them all together, but they are all keeping secrets about their private lives from their family, and it might just take a Christmas miracle for them to open up to each other.

This drama plodded along with no real direction, and the individual storylines weren’t that impressive, specifically the one surrounding Regina King which was meant to be a bit of a comedy moment but didn’t quite work for me. It’s a shame the script wasn’t a bit sharper or the actors a bit more interested in their parts or this could have actually been a pretty fun Christmas movie that didn’t rely on the obvious resolutions or the ideas of a Christmas miracle to resolve its storyline.

You’ll like this if you liked : Four Christmases