Stream it now This Christmas 2007

 

Cute movie! Loved it! Great for the family & a wonderful Christmas movie. The music was fabulous and the actors were extremely entertaining. Fun for everyone of all ages.

I love this movie. This film has a great holiday spirit, fantastic performances (even Chris Brown was fantastic), and a story that stays away from Christmas film clich

I really liked this movie and its fine cast. It had great music, touching moments, and some laughs. All around a good christmas movie, nothing really amazing, but a movie worth mentioning.

A highly entertaining film, good fun for all ages.

5/10

Average movie. Nothing particularly good or bad about it, just average. Maybe worth a rental at holiday times.

beautiful holiday film

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Me and my family thought that this movie was a very good movie. It dealt with the issues that some people go through but in the end the family came together. So I give it a five star rating.

This Christmas is a wonderfully acted and directed holiday-themed movie. The story is very funny, but is also a very heartwarming one. The cast is just so fantastic. And it includes the likes of Delroy Lindo (Crooklyn & The Cider House Rules), Idris Elba (Daddy's Little Girls & HBO's The Wire), Loretta Devine (TV's Eli Stone & Grey's Anatomy), R&B singer Chris Brown (Stomp the Yard), Regina King (Jerry Maguire & Friday), Columbus Short (Stomp the Yard), Lauren London (ATL), Keith Robinson (Dreamgirls & TV's American Dreams), Laz Alonso (Stomp the Yard & Miracle at St. Anna), Jessica Stroup (TV's 90210 & Prom Night), rapper David Banner (Black Snake Moan), and Mekhi Phifer (TV's ER & Soul Food). Everyone shines in their own way. And the movie itself is shot beautifully and of course directed very well by Preston A. Whitmore II (Fled & Crossover). Overall, This Christmas is one of the more pleasant surprises from 2007 that I missed out on. I totally recommend it if you enjoy Christmas movies or just enjoy feel-good holiday-themed movies in general. This is definitely one of the best holiday-themed movies that I have seen in quite some time. :D

Preston A. Whitmore's This Christmas caught my eye because of its wonderful cast of actors. Delroy Lindo, Loretta Devine, Mekhi Phifer and Regina King are all actors I admire, and the thought of them all together in one movie seemed promising. Plus, with this being a Christmas themed movie, I thought it would be a perfect film to view during the month of December.

This Christmas is a well acted movie. Just about everyone in the film gives their best in their roles, and for the most part all of them were fun to watch. The movie does manage to capture the awkwardness of the holiday season, with friends and family getting together, and I wish it could have done more with this simple theme rather than the direction the film went. What could have been a nice, straightforward movie ended up being a bit of a cluttered mess.

The problem I had with This Christmas is that there are far too many stories going on in the film. And most of them are too far-fetched to believe. The Whitfield family seem to be a pretty wealthy family, but for some reason they seem to have more problems than most people. Shady dealings with low-life thugs, infidelity, sudden military deployment and pregnancy plague their home in an unbelievable and cliche ridden romp.

The movie also finds time to allow R&B star Chris Brown, who plays the baby of the Whitfield family, to sing. And I take it that writer/director Whitmore wanted to showcase Brown's sex appeal, since the first time we see him in the film he isn't wearing a shirt. Still, not too shabby of a performance by Brown.

With all of the problems going on in the film, one would imagine not all of them would get resolved. Oh, but they do. And, miraculously all at about the same time. About the only miracle that didn't occur in This Christmas was the pregnant girl going into labor. I don't hate the film, because it is an entertaining watch. But it is far too overblown for me to give it a passing grade. But I'm giving it a low rating with affection.