Directed by: Catherine Cyran
Starring: Jay Mohr, Daphne Zuniga, David Millbern, Tim Thomerson.
Every weekend, I go to see my dad at his house. Today was no exception so I told my dad about the challenge and looked through his DVDs for the cheesiest crap ever.
I found Christmas D0-Over, a film that 'borrows' it's storyline from Groundhog Day.
Basically, Kevin (Jay Mohr) spends his Christmas day with his son, ex-wife (Daphne Zuniga), her parents and her new boyfriend (David Millbern). He tries to be the most cynical guy in the world...but fails.
Either Jay Mohr has acting problems or the script sucked bad (I think both) but something stops the audience from actually warming to the character that he portrays.
After having a crappy Christmas due to a boulder blocking the only way out of town, his son wishes that every day could be Christmas (just like the Wizzard song). A sudden (and crappy) gust of wind blows and his wish comes true.
You would think that this is where the humour starts but the humour never really kicks in. There are occasionally funny parts but they are not side-splittingly funny. I think the funniest part is when Kevin picks a fight with Santa, then Jesus joins in. Every good Christmas film should have a fight with Santa, Jingle All The Way had one (with hundreds of Santas) and that is one of my favourite Christmas films. However, this bad excuse for a fight does not make the film any better. It still has crummy actors, cheesy songs and bad humour. It doesn't have snow. What kind of Christmas film has no snow? The only snow we see is some digitalized white fluff that falls for a few seconds.
Only watch this film if you enjoy cheesy films. Otherwise, avoid this film.
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