Father Christmas is Back
Published 2021-12-10
Film info
- Title Father Christmas is Back
- Directors Philippe Martinez, Mick Davis
- Year 2021
- Run time 1hr 45m
- Genres Family, Comedy
- Tagline And you think your family is a mess?
- Cast John Cleese
Four feuding sisters get a crash course in family togetherness when their long-lost father shows up for Christmas at their posh ancestral manor.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:22 | I quite like a film that introduces everyone by name at the start. None of the 'who is it' game. |
| 4:50 | "A lady like you is never late, she arrives exactly when she means to." |
| 8:38 | "Awful little banshees." Yep, using that. |
| 16:55 | No wonder it's taken her ten years to write a thesis... how old is that typewriter? |
| 20:20 | "Even the Beatles didn't dedicate their lives to the Beatles." |
| 29:06 | Chocolate hobnob is not vegan, surely? |
| 38:33 | They have a thousand bedrooms and they're making their kids share a room. |
| 47:24 | "My little Christmas pudding." Adorable. |
| 55:27 | A duel! |
| 1:05:07 | I have nothing in common with this woman that is very uptight and then totally plastered. |
| 1:09:13 | "She's blown the bloody house up." |
| 1:20:51 | God forbid he actually asks her about it first though. |
| 1:25:06 | "There's no food. And Peter's left me." Priorities. |
| 1:36:52 | A five year old castle, haha. I wonder what is the newest old castle. |
Thoughts
This... is a weird film. It's not particularly well made, and it does that thing where it thinks it's a cartoon - someone pops their head up and a weird sound effect happens, or creeping through a door to creeping sound effects. Annoying. Despite the quite impressive cast, the chemistry and acting isn't great.
And yet, I still quite enjoyed it. There were some funny moments in there, the characters did grow on you as it went along, and I did want to know how it was going to end - hopefully with a happy ending. I couldn't recommend this to anyone but equally I didn't hate it.
Rating: 2 / 5
