Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: November 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
7
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40
Arizona RepublicPenny WalkerNov 13, 2014
Beyond the leaps in logic, the most troubling part of this film is that it just feels like a defense of the excess of Christmas. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesNov 13, 2014
Saving Christmas will hold little interest for anyone not already a believer. It’s too single-minded in its instructional purpose, too averse to multidimensional characters, too youth-pastor-like in its dorky humor. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 13, 2014
Saving Christmas seems determined to win any perceived war on Christmas through brute force. Read full review
25
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanNov 20, 2014
A glorified infomercial in defense of the holiday that contains about 15 minutes of actual content padded out with almost an hour of filler. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNov 14, 2014
Every holiday season sees a new influx of Christmas movies desperate to become the next big seasonal perennial destined to provide laughter, tears, humanity and healthy residuals for years to come. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerNov 13, 2014
This may be one of the least artful holiday films ever made. Even devout born-again Christians will find this hard to stomach. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenNov 13, 2014
An unholy mess co-produced by Cameron's faith-based Camfam Studios. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerNov 19, 2014
Preaching aside, though, Saving Christmas is a shoddy 80-minute feature that contains approximately 50 minutes of actual moving footage. When Cameron narrates that materialism doesn’t go against Christmas because it celebrates the son of God being made material himself, it sounds like a defense of any kind of cheap, poorly made holiday crap — this movie included. Read full review
8
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeNov 18, 2014
Director Doane offers no storytelling pizzazz; the lighting is careless, the pacing is deadly, the occasional stabs at comedy fall flat. Ultimately, Saving Christmas has nothing to share that Linus Van Pelt didn't already say better on “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Read full review
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