Review of Happy Christmas (2014) by Gary W — 11 Feb 2015

I'm becoming a huge fan of Joe Swanberg's strong character-driven scripts. And Anna Kendrick, Malanie Lynskey, and Swanberg himself bring it to life in a very real feeling way.

This review of Happy Christmas (2014) was written by Gary W on 11 Feb 2015.

Happy Christmas has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Happy Christmas

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Joetaeb D (716) on 11 Aug 2015

Pity it's magnificent cast was wasted on mumblecore…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Abby Olcese (108) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 22 Jun 2017

Whether or not realism is your thing, Happy Christmas still serves as a great palate-cleanser in the midst of summer's usual set of explosions,…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Josh O (177) on 04 Jan 2015

Joe Swanberg can basically do no wrong, but this movie doesn't quite reach the greatness that was Drinking Buddies…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Jacob M (1,390) on 17 Apr 2015

This movie is simply a complete and total bore. The baby upstages the adult actors, who are stuck playing out this meaningless story…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Paul D (6,077) on 04 Jan 2015

Joe Swanberg can basically do no wrong, but this movie doesn't quite reach the greatness that was Drinking Buddies…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Grant H (1,337) on 29 Dec 2014

Meandering entry in the 'mumble-core' genre that represents the best & worst of these films, in that is has some great acting but the lack…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Karl Quinn (16) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Feb 2018

The performances all round have a slightly improvised vibe, with Lynskey and Girls creator Lena Dunham (as an old friend of Jenny's) especially…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Andre M (245) on 31 Dec 2014

Oh, slice of life indie films... I can't even... This is the polar opposite of Life Partners…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Enid C (5) on 15 Nov 2015

An effortless observational humour was subtle and so realistic that it had me burst out laughing on several occasions…

Read Review

Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By David J (1,942) on 22 Dec 2015

Happy Christmas is a film that not only fails to engage, but also never tries to. It's a film with great performances, but dull characters…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)

By Bill S (2,971) on 20 Apr 2015

The comic had a sense of wonderment with this you just why the hell they made this garbage…

Read Review

Review of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

By Becky B (382) on 20 Dec 2012

Quite daft but a good and fun film when your a kid…

Read Review

Review of Tess (1979)

By Phanoo J (55) on 11 Mar 2006

-_- So bloody depressing :( ugh--don't like it...I think the writer got lazy as the story went on or something---ugh…

Read Review

Review of The Ref (1994)

By Niki S (59) on 20 Mar 2011

The first half hour is great but then it runs out of steam, brings in WAY too many characters, sidelines Leary and hits every cliche available…

Read Review

Review of Stuart Little 2 (2002)

By Noah Abraham G (591) on 04 Nov 2012

Stuart Little 2 is, simply put, a bore. It's stupid, annoying, and never really engaging. The first film was passable, but this is just a mess…

Read Review

Review of Elf (2003)

By Xavygravy (1) on 25 Dec 2011

This movie was absolutely painful to watch. The humour is very childish - fart jokes are NOT funny…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Happy Christmas

2014

53%181 Reviews

The Hateful Eight

2015

75%1,234 Reviews

Pride & Prejudice

2005

83%863 Reviews

Conan the Barbarian

2011

44%741 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

The Big Short

2015

80%1,169 Reviews

Slacker

1990

73%483 Reviews

The Night Listener

2006

50%576 Reviews

Breathless

2009

78%597 Reviews

Lady Macbeth

2016

69%262 Reviews