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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 30 Nov 2007

If you like schmaltzy, music-saturated family movies, This Christmas will set all the right bells jingling…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 30 Nov 2007

A strong wire netting will keep out unwanted super-soaps such as the first, in which a black family in LA proves that being Afro-American is…

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By Jamie Russell (254) for Film4 (1,522) on 30 Nov 2007

No Christmas cracker but a likable holiday movie, This Christmas is full of seasonal cheer, some witty banter and a raft of enthusiastic performances…

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By Elliott Noble (448) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 29 Nov 2007

Goodwill be stuffed - this is about as appetising as a plateful of reheated sprouts…

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By Anna Smith (519) for BBC.com (1,500) on 29 Nov 2007

Don't expect realism from this frothy little number, but do expect a bit of heart-warming cheer courtesy of romantic unions, overcome prejudices,…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Time Out (7,510) on 29 Nov 2007

This is good-natured, determinedly aspirational African-American entertainment, but did it have to be quite so heavy on the clichés…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 29 Nov 2007

Watchable ensemble drama with a strong cast and an above average script, though it will sorely test your patience for group dance scenes…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 28 Nov 2007

Lindo is one of those actors who has established himself as a fine performer but who's never really had a breakout starring role…

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By Emily Phillips (3) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 28 Nov 2007

Like mum's home-made comfort food, it's warming but not really that good for you…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 27 Nov 2007

I could actually see this becoming kind of a minor perennial during the holidays…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for www.susangranger.com (329) on 25 Nov 2007

Timely, festive and aimed at an African-American audience, it's an angst-filled soap-opera, overstuffed with suds…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for AALBC.com (174) on 24 Nov 2007

Quite convincing in conveying the feeling of a real family, and in generating the requisite chemistry or antipathy as called for by their dysfunctional…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 24 Nov 2007

If the real-life Christmas experience tends too often to be marred by the rude contradiction between expectations and reality, movies like…

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By Jason Anderson (395) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 23 Nov 2007

Occasionally engaging but very chaotic movie…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 21 Nov 2007

Sometimes a movie can succeed because of just one thing: people we like a lot…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 21 Nov 2007

Through the copious hugs and soundtrack cues, This Christmas hits the familiar holiday themes earnestly -- and during the Christmas season,…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Nov 2007

This carefully observed film has lots of heart…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 21 Nov 2007

This feels like the movie Tyler Perry has been trying to make for years now -- just less stage bound and better acted…

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Nov 2007

The result is a big, gushy, emotional, secret-driven, family-obsessive casserole, perhaps facile in some of its resolutions, but so full of…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide (1,527) on 21 Nov 2007

With heaping amounts of food, music, seasonal spirit and drama, drama, drama, there's no reason not to add this one to a shortlist of recent…

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