But when science isn't right it makes things seem a bit unnatural. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman 1:24 04. Living My Happily Ever After 2:11 Copyright © 2019 · All Rights Reserved · Download Soundtracks Disclaimer! Heck, even their Aunt May Mo'Nique joins in the festivities. I Got You, We All Got You 1:05 23. But at it's best, it's inoffensive. Language: Small stuff and not much of it.
. There is this innocence yet know it all attitude, mixed in with this cell-phone obsessed culture and it just works. Something about life seems warmer whether were selecting a tree or the living room, lighting a new candle for Chanukah, or simply wishing someone a better new year. The Very Thought Of You 4:29 20. I don't have a problem with any of this, but Almost Christmas doesn't find any new ways to tell that story. Whether you saw the trailer or the clips released, especially the ones featuring Mo'Nique, you have to admit this seemed like something to see.
For the holidays, he invites his now grown children and their families to his house where they all grew up for a traditional celebration. Walter Glover is the patriarch and recently widowed who has invited his family round for Christmas at his home, a house he plans to sell but as yet not told his kids. In attendance are his daughters Cheryl and Rachel who do not get along. The story moves along at a good pace, the dialogues come quick, but again nothing funny as I saw it. Walter soon realizes that if his bickering children and the rest of the family can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle. His son Christian who plans to run for congress and his youngest son Evan who is hooked on painkillers after a sports injury. I found it very weird, with respect to Grace, that it seemed like Walter's place in his kids' lives didn't have the same influence.
The story moves along at a good pace, the dialogues come quick, but again nothing funny as I saw it. This is pleasant, not funny, but more of a kind of slice of life story. Okay then, that is my category. Overall an average film, yet the comedy parts was the best. Thus making this film like most comedies.
One family in Almost Christmas deals with a father trying to bring his kids together without drama. Our world is now dazzled in bright lights, red and green colors all over, and a chance to better relationships. He just asks them for 5- days to be civil to each other until Christmas. I have seen plenty of similar themed films, this was no different, yet somewhat enjoyable. But, as the trailer shows, he has been seeing a lot of a woman whose name is not Cheryl.
Something which I found sort of odd. You have a family squabbling, an errant husband having a bit on the side with a store clerk but it is only sporadically amusing but is inoffensive and is amiable enough to watch at Christmas. For the holidays, he invites his now grown children and their families to his house where they all grew up for a traditional celebration. If they make those parts right, then it'll meet somewhat viewer's expectation and do better at the box office. You don't hear Evan talking about how his dad would through the ball with him, there isn't anyone speaking on how his hard work inspired them, or anything which makes it seem like they had a close relationship with him as much as they did the mom. You have a family squabbling, an errant husband having a bit on the side with a store clerk but it is only sporadically amusing but is inoffensive and is amiable enough to watch at Christmas.
But it is not a perfect family. To the point where, if I did count how many times I laughed, as a collective they might have given Mo'Nique a run for her money. Usher as Evan the High School basketball star who hopes to make it to the pros. So with Walter's wife Grace? Cheryl Kimberly Elise A dentist with a fool for a husband named Lonnie J. All users should delete the content as soon as they view it. No kids, just her career and her man, and honestly who knows what she sees in him.
Then we have youngest daughter Cheryl played by Kimberly Elise , whose seems to be in between jobs while raining her daughter. But while everyone may be grown, it seems they haven't matured past their childhood strifes. Surely you would laugh aloud in a few scenes. Evan Locks Rachel Out 0:47 10. It is good for a one time view and for the laughs you'll get, but afterwards it loses any sort of replay value for it lacks depth. Hence the varying states of his kids' relationships.