An entertaining and heartfelt film that makes the most of its wonderful cast.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 26, 2020

You've seen the scene before, in a movie like this one, and you've heard the much-covered song before, but Brown makes it feel new again.

| Nov 4, 2019

Tries to be a Christmas film about real ishoos but it is quite boring and predictable and sentimental and the acting is not very good. It is therefore perfect for Christmas, and upholds all the traditions very, very well.

| Aug 22, 2018

Easily the best film of its genre since 'Soul Food' and definitely makes for a excellent holiday season treat.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 27, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Despite an accomplished cast, it's about as surprising as last year's Christmas card.

| Jul 6, 2010

A happy Christmas package that more or less ignores the fact that it's a black American family story

| Dec 4, 2008

Family holiday dramedy has some iffy content.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2008

If you're looking for a film that celebrates the holiday spirit, This Christmas would be my first suggestion because it's heartfelt and not too sweet.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 2, 2008

Here's a family you'll want to visit for the holidays. Maybe you'll event want to stay through New Year's.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 11, 2007

...there's a genuine feeling of a real family's real Christmas, with all its heat as well as warmth, the kind of thing that's missing from the plastic platitudes of holiday junk like Fred Claus...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 3, 2007

While formula is still the same, it's quite amusing, romantic, and a delightful holiday treat for a family to enjoy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 1, 2007

This is a very entertaining movie, despite all the inplausablities, and doesn't get down to the insipidness of most Holiday family outings.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 1, 2007

o matter how silly the situation, each member of the uniformly strong cast creates a nice balance between sentimental and sweet -- which is just how every holiday gathering should feel.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 1, 2007

If you like schmaltzy, music-saturated family movies, This Christmas will set all the right bells jingling.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 30, 2007

"Destined to become a Yuletide classic, " claim the press notes. Well, they do say Christmas is a time for dreaming.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 30, 2007

A strong wire netting will keep out unwanted super-soaps such as the first, in which a black family in LA proves that being Afro-American is no inoculation against outbreaks of schmaltz and piety.

| Nov 30, 2007

It's laboured and obvious, and not even a Yuletide movie: Christmas is little more than a device to bring the family back under one roof. Still, its plot is as overstuffed as any turkey.

| Nov 30, 2007

It's formulaic and corny as hell, but a top-notch cast keep this festive family drama believable - just.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 30, 2007

The clumsy dialogue is so busy explaining the back stories that it doesn't have time for decent one-liners.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 30, 2007