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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Dec 2012

Resentments, pregnancies, cancer, spousal abuse and the struggle of a recovering alcoholic all come and go on cue…

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By Rich S (214) on 23 Dec 2012

A poorly developed script filled with cliches and poor acting. Lauter is the only one whose acting feels sincere…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 20 Dec 2012

[A]chingly lovely... so full of bittersweet melancholy and yet so fixedly hopeful without ever having to touch on the sentimental…

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By Thomas W (1,104) on 18 Dec 2012

Edward Burns's latest film is much more in-line and similar to his very first film, The Brothers McMullen, than anything else he has done since…

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By Joseph N (151) on 15 Dec 2012

Oh, yes! See this movie this Christmas season…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 14 Dec 2012

These Fitzgeralds are loud, selfish and often maddening, but they're a loving group, and you wouldn't mind spending more time with them…

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By Virginie D (32) on 13 Dec 2012

It's not perfect but it still manages to move you…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 12 Dec 2012

It's entirely sincere and genuinely not terrible…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 10 Dec 2012

As an actor, Burns has worked the Hollywood game from Saving Private Ryan to Alex Cross…

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By Chris Packham (159) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Dec 2012

Burns's job as director is differentiating and spotlighting everyone in this large ensemble, a storytelling challenge to which he responds…

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By Ginger S (18) on 09 Dec 2012

If you like Edward Burns movies like the Brothers McMullen (I do) than this will not disappoint…

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By Marybeth A (8) on 08 Dec 2012

I'd heard a lot about this one going in, but I'm sad to say that The Fitzgerald Family Christmas just failed to win me over, as it's just boggled…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 08 Dec 2012

The dysfunctional silbling-squabbling delivers diluted holiday cheer…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 07 Dec 2012

Burns' latest demonstrates the workmanlike skill with which he's produced a new relationship drama every one or two years…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 07 Dec 2012

Too much of the film is taken up by creaky plot devices and one sibling vowing to track down and talk to another one to resolve a problem…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 06 Dec 2012

This tale of a dysfunctional family whose members experience enough personal crises to fuel a dozen films is a virtual compendium of clichés,…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 06 Dec 2012

Burns has assembled such a fine cast that we leave feeling satisfied, as if we didn't get the iPad mini we wanted, but a pretty good novel instead…

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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 06 Dec 2012

Suspense isn't Burns' thing though, and it may be foolish to even ask for it this far into his career…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 06 Dec 2012

Mr. Burns shuffles this dense material with the dexterity of a card shark. The pace, although swift, is never rushed…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for NPR (1,713) on 06 Dec 2012

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas is extremely perceptive about certain angles on life in a big family…

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