Father Christmas Is Back

Name: Father Christmas Is Back
Genre: Comedy
Released: November 7, 2021
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Ania Marson, April Bowlby, Caroline Quentin, Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 7, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Ania Marson, April Bowlby, Caroline Quentin, Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, Kris Marshall, Naomi Frederick, Nathalie Cox, Ray Fearon, Talulah Riley

Summary: Father Christmas Is Back is a comedy centered around four very different sisters who have reunited for the Christmas holiday in Caroline and Peter’s Yorkshire mansion. The arrival of James, their long-lost father, and his 35-year-old American girlfriend Jackie ruins Caroline’s hope for the perfect Christmas and sets off a series of mishaps,Father Christmas Is Back is a comedy centered around four very different sisters who have reunited for the Christmas holiday in Caroline and Peter’s Yorkshire mansion. The arrival of James, their long-lost father, and his 35-year-old American girlfriend Jackie ruins Caroline’s hope for the perfect Christmas and sets off a series of mishaps, inconveniences and misconstrued misunderstandings that uncover the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago. [MSR Media]… Expand

Director: Mick Davis and Philippe Martinez

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 8, 2021

It’s a boorish “sex” comedy without a line or situation that amuses, an all-star all-in-one-house holiday romp that never romps and a Britcom-ish farce that would never make it to British TV, even boiled down to a half hour of its “best” bits. Read full review

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MetacriticOnur

Nov 7, 2021

bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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lismahago

Nov 8, 2021

Father Christmas is Back is billed as a comedy, but it's actually a mystery, or several mysteries wrapped in an enigma. The enigma being "How did this turkey get made?" Or why assemble a cast for adults when the script is for children? Lots of bathroom jokes and the star is a toilet brushFather Christmas is Back is billed as a comedy, but it's actually a mystery, or several mysteries wrapped in an enigma. The enigma being "How did this turkey get made?" Or why assemble a cast for adults when the script is for children? Lots of bathroom jokes and the star is a toilet brush who brings more personality to the screen than Liz Hurley. Or why do two sophisticated and sober sisters get into a food fight? Another one for the kiddies, perhaps. Or why do the cars pull into the half-acre parking area at the front of the manor house and stop 50 feet from the entrance? It's a big place - we get it. Lots of mysteries and no answers here. Pass on this one if your older than 12.… Expand

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SecretDemonGF

Nov 11, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I watched this with my mom in the hospital whilst recovering from getting my appendix removed. It made the pain worse. This movie is so insanely terrible, it's honestly shocking. First off, the cast and characters are awful. There's no likeable characters, except for maybe Kelsey Grammar. This is weird in itself, as he's the absent father who everyone's mad at. The film tries its hardest to absolve him of all blame, however, which robs the movie of any meaningful exploration of problematic fatherhood. Secondly, the structure is terrible. The central conflict with Kelsey Grammar gets resolved at the half-point, which means they have to find other meaningless stuff to drag out the runtime. The worst offender is the subplot where our lead's husband thinks she's cheating on him because of a pregnancy test found in the bathroom, which doesn't even act as the resolution to the running plot around their relationship troubles. This is one of many confusing moments in the film. Another example is at the Christmas market, where one of the sister's boyfriends tries to win back his stolen car instead of... I don't know... just asking it back? The film never makes it clear why he can't just go to the people running the event and tell them it's his car. It's a mystery! Just like the family's status as the 'Christmas family' (Seriously, why are they called that?). Most importantly though... There's nothing funny about this comedy. There's not even a joke terrible enough for me to have remembered it; that's how bad it is. So, whatever you do this Christmas, don't watch "Father Christmas is back".… Expand

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MurrayT57

Nov 9, 2021

Terrible writing, terrible acting, terrible story. It's so bad it's almost good, but not quite. There is not enough you can say about the badness of this Christmas turkey. When people debate the best Christmas movies this movie has no competition for the worst.

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Jegley

Dec 4, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Quite alarmingly bad. Considering the script, it is surprising how to the producers managed to get so many big names. I am genuinely shocked at how disjointed and odd it is. It doesn't feel like a real film, it feels like a collection of unfunny sketches from an incredibly bad sketch show, which someone has tried to knit together into a film.… Expand

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Rdcp

Nov 12, 2021

Undoubtedly the worst film I've ever watched in my life. Everything about it is irrelevant and dull. don't waste your time, stay away.

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