A Very Murray Christmas (2015)

Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a terrible snowstorm in New York City.

Director:

Sofia Coppola

Writers:

Sofia Coppola, Mitch Glazer

Stars:

Bill Murray, Paul Shaffer, Michael Cera

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Murray	...	Bill Murray
Paul Shaffer	...	Paul Shaffer
Michael Cera	...	Jackie the Talent Agent
George Clooney	...	George Clooney
Miley Cyrus	...	Miley Cyrus
Dimitri Dimitrov	...	Dimitri Dimitrov
David Johansen	...	The Bartender
Rashida Jones	...	The Bride
Jenny Lewis	...	The Waitress
Amy Poehler	...	Liz
Chris Rock	...	Chris Rock
Maya Rudolph	...	The Lounge Singer
Jason Schwartzman	...	Elliott the Groom
Julie White	...	Bev
Thomas Mars	...	Chef (as Phoenix)

Storyline

Murray, playing himself, trying to avoid a Hollywood figure who wants to represent the actor, who famously forgoes having a manager or agent. And somewhere in there will be rooms for Christmas carols to be sung by the actors (everyone is playing themselves) and probably more bits and pieces of holiday cheer.

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Plot Keywords:

actor playing himself | snowstorm | new york city | christmas carol | reenactment | 

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Taglines:

We wish you a Murray Christmas.

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | Musical

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 December 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Очень Мюрреевское Рождество

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Zoetrope, South Beach Productions, Departed Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

56 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marks the seventh collaboration between Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman after Rushmore (1998), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Except for this film and "Charles Swan III", all of these collaborations were directed by Wes Anderson. "Charles Swan III" was directed by frequent Anderson collaborator and brother of Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola.

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Quotes

Paul Shaffer: Bill.
Bill Murray: Paul.
Paul Shaffer: Yeah. Where we going?
Bill Murray: You haven't quit drinking yet, have you?
Paul Shaffer: Should I?
Bill Murray: Good man.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #33.66 (2016)

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Soundtracks

Twelve Days Of Christmas
(uncredited)
Traditional
Performed by Dimitri Dimitrov
Composed by Frederic Austin

User Reviews

Another disappointed Bill Murray fan

Several of Bill Murray's films are at the top of my movie list. This one, not so much. It was really disappointing as a fan. I agree with several other reviewers that Bill Murray's talent was underutilized. I expected it to have a bit more of a plot and a bit more of his usual quick wit humor. It's not so much a movie with a plot as it is a celebrity karaoke night with Bill Murray as a host and also a bit of a therapist to some of the characters in the bar.

I feel like they phoned a few celebrity friends, got together for a slumber party in a warehouse, sang songs and filmed it, used the first takes on all of the scenes and hurriedly put it together to get it on Netflix in time.

Some songs were decent enough, but others were a disaster. Possibly on purpose, but didn't cut it humor wise. If you are someone who enjoys celebrity cameos, perhaps you'll enjoy this. It just wasn't funny for us to watch a bunch of celebrities we know are not singers fail (miserably) at singing and a bunch of celebrities we already know are decent singers be decent or mediocre at singing.

If you're going to watch this, be prepared with something else in front of you to do while it's on, like wrapping Christmas presents, so you don't have to feel like it was a total waste of your time.