A single father who loses his job just before christmas, and 4 spoiled kids who need to learn the meaning of christmas, and loat their mother to cancer. After all the bad plots this reasonable good christmas plot could (even with these not-so-great actors) create a very good heartwarming christmas movie. And this time not with a white family, but with African Americans, great new idea.
But then they gave this plot to moviemakers who have no band with christmas whatsoever, so they managed to mess up this plot big time.
After this movie you would think that black people in general (because every character in the movie with every background is black) have no christmas spirit, think that R&B is good for christmas spirit (while black people have great Christmas gospels about Jesus, or great examples of beautiful heartwarming songs in pop music or the movie Sister Act), they think that christmas is all about money and themselves (I am not talking about the spoiled kids but almost every character in this movie, at any moment). I am white myself, but I would think this movie is a racial act of bad white people who again try to kick down our image of black people. The makers of the movie manage to push down immediately every moment in the movie that could be heartwarming, by an unrealistic dialog or cliche, as if its makers want to rub in your face that black people can tell you how stupid Christmas is. With crazy umbelievable dialogs and character developments;
Kids (while decorating a christmas tree) say suddenly to an aunt they never had any interest in "I love you", because... they are decorating a tree together. Yes, this happens in other Christmas movies too, BUT ONLY if the decoration of the tree plays an important role (as it should play in Christmas movies), here the decoration as the hugging both happened for no reason whatsoever.
A woman never wanting a child of her own, suddenly states she is ready to have a baby of her own because she held the baby of a stranger for a second. This realisation fits in a Christmas movie, BUT ONLY when this theme plays an important role in the storyline. Here it comes from nowhere, and is just plain stupid.
A former manager who caused the fired DJ and producer a lot of problems while doing his job, quits his job and gives all of his money to the starting station of the DJ. Great christmas development, BUT ONLY if this had a meaning; if this -for instance- is the reason the struggeling starting station could survive or something. But the reaction of the DJ's producer immediately stops your heart from warming up as she (clearly not-impressed) says: More cash won't hurt. Then WHY DID THE MAKERS OF THIS MOVIE MAKE HIM QUIT HIS JOB AND GIVE AWAY ALL HIS MONEY?? If it is clearly of no importance to anyone or anything in this movie
I could say something about almost every scene that was just bad scripting and even worse directing.
Furhermore, there is no character development, or just no effect to the character at all;
To the makers of this movie: if you hate Christmas and black people this much, don't make Christmas movies starring black people!
To people who like Christmas and do not have any problems with black people; save yourself and do NOT watch this movie.
But then they gave this plot to moviemakers who have no band with christmas whatsoever, so they managed to mess up this plot big time.
After this movie you would think that black people in general (because every character in the movie with every background is black) have no christmas spirit, think that R&B is good for christmas spirit (while black people have great Christmas gospels about Jesus, or great examples of beautiful heartwarming songs in pop music or the movie Sister Act), they think that christmas is all about money and themselves (I am not talking about the spoiled kids but almost every character in this movie, at any moment). I am white myself, but I would think this movie is a racial act of bad white people who again try to kick down our image of black people. The makers of the movie manage to push down immediately every moment in the movie that could be heartwarming, by an unrealistic dialog or cliche, as if its makers want to rub in your face that black people can tell you how stupid Christmas is. With crazy umbelievable dialogs and character developments;
Kids (while decorating a christmas tree) say suddenly to an aunt they never had any interest in "I love you", because... they are decorating a tree together. Yes, this happens in other Christmas movies too, BUT ONLY if the decoration of the tree plays an important role (as it should play in Christmas movies), here the decoration as the hugging both happened for no reason whatsoever.
A woman never wanting a child of her own, suddenly states she is ready to have a baby of her own because she held the baby of a stranger for a second. This realisation fits in a Christmas movie, BUT ONLY when this theme plays an important role in the storyline. Here it comes from nowhere, and is just plain stupid.
A former manager who caused the fired DJ and producer a lot of problems while doing his job, quits his job and gives all of his money to the starting station of the DJ. Great christmas development, BUT ONLY if this had a meaning; if this -for instance- is the reason the struggeling starting station could survive or something. But the reaction of the DJ's producer immediately stops your heart from warming up as she (clearly not-impressed) says: More cash won't hurt. Then WHY DID THE MAKERS OF THIS MOVIE MAKE HIM QUIT HIS JOB AND GIVE AWAY ALL HIS MONEY?? If it is clearly of no importance to anyone or anything in this movie
I could say something about almost every scene that was just bad scripting and even worse directing.
Furhermore, there is no character development, or just no effect to the character at all;
- have the kids learned about true meaning of christmas? No, at the end they only accept that they have to be a little less rich for a short while until dad does his job right
- the kids have gotten a new mother, big change in their lives, but without any meaning for the storyline (no romantic christmas development)
- the DJ starts a new relationship after his wife died, big change, but emotionally of no importance at all in the entire movie (accept for one hug moment with his new love)
- the producer decides suddenly she is ready for kids of her own, big change, but in this movie it was no big deal and after this realisation you hear nothing about it anymore
To the makers of this movie: if you hate Christmas and black people this much, don't make Christmas movies starring black people!
To people who like Christmas and do not have any problems with black people; save yourself and do NOT watch this movie.