You can't exchange family.
| Cast |
Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Keith Robinson, Laz Alonso, Columbus Short, Sharon Leal, Lauren London |
| Director |
Preston A Whitmore II |
| Screenplay | Preston A Whitmore II |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Editing | Paul Seydor |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Facilitator Films, Rainforest Films, Screen Gems |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
| Genre | Drama, family |
| Language | Mild, occasional |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild allusions |
| Violence | Infrequent, some moderate. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Munyaradzi Vomo  It's a bit predictable and too clean-cut in the end, but since this is a beaming season you will definitely smile. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Francois Blom Laat kyker koud. | 5 |  |
| Cape Times Michael Phillips Overstuffed, formulaic, but very easy to take. | 10 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge This film gets it exactly right. | 10 | |
| 24.com Megan Kakora It's a sweet family holiday movie that'll please the saints and bore the Scrooges. | 5 | |
| BBC Anna Smith Don't expect realism from this frothy little number, but do expect a bit of heart-warming cheer courtesy of romantic unions, overcome prejudices, reconciled enemies and general peace and understanding. | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert What's surprising is how well Whitmore, the director, manages to direct traffic. He's got one crisis cooling, another problem exploding, a third dilemma gathering steam and people exchanging significant looks about secrets still not introduced. It's sort of a screwball-comedy effect, but with a heart.
| 15 |  |
| ScreenItDecent, but nothing novel or memorable, the film just feels like another holiday gathering that blends in with the rest. You might enjoy yourself enough to get through it, but you won't remember much about it by the next time the next one rolls around. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 24 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 74 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Has strong performances, but relies too heavily on holiday movie clichés. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1500 Netizens A Wonderful Christmas Surprise! | 9 | |
Average .. 48% | 10 | |