Another of the recent “holiday stinkers” and this one wasn’t too bad either.
Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are hitting the mid-life crisis when their daughter goes to Peru for one year, just before Christmas. They decide to completely do away with Christmas and take a luxury cruise instead. Everyone freaks out because they are normally really big on Christmas. They canceled the big party they host every year, they won’t put up lights, they won’t put Frosty the snowman up on the roof (everyone in the neighborhood has one) they don’t buy the annual tree from the Boy Scouts and they won’t exchange gifts at work, stuff like that. After taking a lot of flack for all of this, daughter calls from the airport, “Surprise! I’m coming home for Christmas. We’ll be there at 8pm tonight.” They have less than 8 hours to create Christmas. With the help of the neighborhood ‘boss’ (Dan Aykroyd) they just barely pull it off. Tim is upset because he still wants to go on the cruise. Then in the obligatory “realization of the spirit of Christmas moment” he gives the cruise to his cranky neighbor and his wife who is dying of cancer. The weird guy at the party, who seems to know everyone but no one knows who he is, turns out to be Santa Claus.
No real surprises here. Other than Jamie Lee Curtis is looking old but still showcases a great rack. Yeah, that’s about all I ever think of… It was a cute movie. It never got too sweet where it was unwatchable. While never really reaching the heights of greatness, I think it pulled off as good as it could have with this plot line. Not too bad for all the negative critiques I heard about this one.
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