Father Christmas Is Back

Movie

2021

1h 45m

PG-13

English

Comedy, Family

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4.3

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Father Christmas Is Back

PG-13

Movie

2021

1h 45m

English

Comedy, Family

Play Trailer

Watch on Netflix

Four sisters – Caroline, Joanna, Paulina, and Vicky – reunite for the Christmas Holiday in a Yorkshire mansion. However, their estranged father, James, joins in for the first time since he left the family behind decades prior. The group attempts to get through the holiday despite comedic misunderstandings, while also uncovering the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago.

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Cast

Caroline Christmas

Vicky Christmas

Joanna Christmas

James Christmas

John Christmas

Elizabeth Christmas

Jackie

Peter Hope

Felix

Reverend Jane

Jane

Paulina

Daisy Christmas-Hope

Edna

Gerald

Directed By: Philippe Martinez, Mick Davis

Written By: Philippe Martinez (Story), David Conolly, + 2 more

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Lee Brown Barrow says...

3 years ago

It’s the Christmas movie Krampus would be proud of. A real turkey! Not even John Cleese can raise a smile in this movie equivalent of a Brussel sprout.

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sellmoon says...

3 years ago

A movie with John Cleese and Elizabeth Hurley should at least make me smile: it's bad and the jokes are very weird and outdated.

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theavereviewer says...

one year ago

Ooft - this is bad. For the first 30 minutes, all of the characters are unlikable, and that continues mainly for the 3 core sisters (because the thesis writing lesbian 4th sister is barely around to add anything). The film swings hard in act 2 to course correct the sisters into likable characters - completely contradicting their previous characteristics. The direction is really poor, from literally the actor title cards. Too many close-ups on Nathalie Cox's face at weird moments. There's no gel here. Act 3 isn't too bad and some of the characters redeem themselves by then, but it's too little, too late.

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jarvis-8243417 says...

3 years ago

From Netflix comes the British holiday comedy Father Christmas is Back. The Christmas family (yes, their family name is actually “Christmas”) is in for a surprise this Christmas when their estranged father, who walked out on the family 27-years ago, returns with his new girlfriend. Featuring Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, April Bowlby, and John Cleese, the cast is pretty decent; though the performances are rather middling. And the writing is weak, with underdeveloped characters and the thinnest of plots. Still, some of the comedy works and there are a few touching moments. Father Christmas is Back is a superficial and uninspired film that just seems to be going through the motions.

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