A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Entertainment One | Release Date: November 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
New York PostKyle SmithNov 12, 2014
The film’s mix of elements of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “Bad Santa” is amusing. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 6, 2014
It’s a testament to Williams’s energy that even in an unfortunate part as Virgil, an angry, alcoholic dad, he comes across as the most vivid member of the cast. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick PriggeNov 9, 2014
Whereas "Bad Santa" was nastier and riskier, as well as more mischievously winsome, A Merry Friggin' Christmas is as curiously timid as it is morally dubious. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 7, 2014
There are a few nice moments of performance and filmmaking (including the elaborately choreographed final shot), but not enough to redeem a film that seems to flinch from the harsh truths it was presumably created to address. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyJason ClarkNov 19, 2014
Even if Robin Williams were still among us, the limp, drearily derivative A Merry Friggin' Christmas would feel like it had a pall cast over it. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerNov 12, 2014
Williams made some terrible movies, but he never phoned them in. On both counts, this one’s no exception. Read full review
30
VarietyGeoff BerkshireNov 9, 2014
Neither warm and fuzzy in the best holiday movie traditions, nor edgy and irreverent a la “Bad Santa” (coincidentally also co-starring Graham, to better effect), it’s something of a mystery what audience A Merry Friggin’ Christmas intends to serve. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 6, 2014
Representing one of Robin Williams' last films, A Merry Friggin' Christmas lives up to its bah, humbug title. Not only because it's terrible, although it is, but rather because one desperately hoped that the beloved actor would go out on a high note. Read full review
30
The DissolveNathan RabinNov 6, 2014
A Yuletide comedy so slight, it sometimes feels like a bonus-sized Christmas episode for a sitcom that never should have been green-lit in the first place. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNov 13, 2014
The atonal script is credited to first-timer Michael Brown, but there’s still no explaining Shapeero’s lump-of-coal debut. Read full review
14
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeNov 7, 2014
In attempting to work through its family issues, it arrives at catharses that are contrived and unearned, and in attempting to find humor in this pungent situation, it fails to deliver laughs. Read full review
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