Review of Merry Christmas (2006) by Ella Taylor for L.A. Weekly — 03 Dec 2008
Joyeux Noël finishes up as no more than a garden-variety tearjerker, neatly packaged for Oscar candidacy. It's not hard to see why the French chose this inoffensive weepie as their nominee for best foreign-language film, when they might have had Jacques Audiard's far superior, if more difficult, "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" or Arnaud Desplechin's "Kings & Queen.
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This review of Merry Christmas (2006) was written by Ella Taylor and published by L.A. Weekly on 03 Dec 2008.
Merry Christmas has generally received very positive reviews.
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