바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라: Cast & Crew
Director: Mary Lambert
Cast: Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Jason Biggs, Matt Cedeño, Wyatt Hunt, Abby Villasmil, Madison Skye Validum, Nadia Sine, Janet Lo
Available On: Netflix
Duration: 1 Hour 21 Minutes
바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라: Story
Every Christmas, without fail, Jackie () sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte () feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte, her husband Rob (), and their family on Jackie and her husband Valentino바카라s (Matt Cedeño) snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, Charlotte seizes the opportunity to prove that her old friend바카라s 바카라perfect바카라 life can바카라t possibly be that perfect. But in her overzealous attempt to expose Jackie, Charlotte nearly ruins Christmas for both families and must team up with her old friend to reassemble the pieces. Will Charlotte be able to amend her wrongdoings? Will Jackie ever forgive Charlotte? Will Charlotte fall head over heels for Valentino바카라s charm? Will Rob ever be able to love Charlotte again? Will Christmas ever be the same for the two families? Well, for all that, you바카라ll have to watch 바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라.
바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라: Performances
Heather Graham has lost her former charm and spontaneity which she was known for. It could be a fault of the dry script as well which didn바카라t allow her to open her wings to that extent. To add to that, her make-up was so garish that in the close-up shots, you could feel that she had aged so much. To top it all up, her crazy antics don바카라t get the necessary slapstick laughter that the makers intended. Besides a small scene where she gets emotional and tears up, her performance was absolutely dull with nothing much to offer.
Brandy Norwood is too loud for comfort, yet she is probably the only saving grace of this film. She manages to carry the entire weight of the storyline on her shoulders. She gives a poised performance laden with some fun and emotional bits.
Matt Cedeño is just there barely for eye candy. He doesn바카라t even have that much screen time to warrant a mention.
Jason Biggs is utterly wasted in a role that barely had a lot of scenes. He is known for his comic timing and, forget comedy, he wasn바카라t even given a worthy enough screen space.
Among the kids, a standout performance was by Madison Skye Validum who looked calm, confident and composed about her performance. Being so young and yet being able to deliver the dialogues as she did with so much bravado demands applause.
바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라: Script, Direction & Technical Aspects
Todd Gallicano and Charles Shyer바카라s writing is filled with absurd sequences which lean towards absolute lunacy. A twist of fate happens when someone meets someone suddenly in the middle of nowhere. A twist of fate doesn바카라t happen when you put a location on your GPS, drive for an entire day and reach someone else바카라s house. That바카라s sheer stupidity. Then a hot air balloon catching onto a Santa Claus sleigh perfectly mid-air without causing any hiccups is just the icing on the cake. Then, you open your door in the morning and your car is snowed in, and within minutes it바카라s all clear to go for Christmas tree shopping. Like, how? The screenplay is filled with numerous such sequences where you바카라re left scratching your head thinking this isn바카라t the feel-good factor that I wanted to achieve by watching this Christmas movie.
Mary Lambert tries hard to recover the already crazy script with some deft direction, but not much of it is salvageable. She has tried to at least sew the varied absurd sequences together so that it makes some semblance of a story.
The cinematography by Graham Robbins is probably the only thing that바카라s worthy of a mention in this film. He has managed to showcase the snowy outdoor locales in proper glory and made sure that you get some of that wintery snuggly feel watching the film. The usage of some overhead shots makes the landscape appear even more beautiful.
Thanks to Jeffrey Wolf바카라s editing audiences will be saved of this laughing stock of a movie, as he managed to cut it short to just about 81 minutes. He has made sure that there are no jump cuts, which helps keep the presentation smooth and fast-flowing.
Jeff Rona바카라s music and background score didn바카라t experiment a lot. He has used the same age-old songs and tunes of Christmas, which you바카라ll have probably heard a billion times before. So, nothing too innovative, I must say.
바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라: Can Kids Watch It?
Yes
Outlook바카라s Verdict
바카라Best. Christmas. Ever!바카라 can barely be called a movie. It바카라s more like a string of sequences sewn together with not much coherence between one another. Usually, movies do tend to go a bit overboard with a miracle of Christmas theme trying to give the viewer a feel-good factor, but in this, the makers have taken this to a level of absolute lunacy. If you바카라ve nothing better to do this weekend, catch up on some much-needed sleep. As far as 바카라바카라 goes, Totally Avoid. I am going with 1 star.
