The ultimate insult to a film-goer!
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01/01/00
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:7
Rotten:32
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Neither parent nor child will find any merriment in this mess.
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Jake (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is a college student whose friends strand him in the middle of the desert wearing a Santa Claus suit. Jake has to make it home by Christmas in order to get the new car... [More]
Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Eve Gordon
Director: Arlene Sanford
Reviews for I'll Be Home For Christmas
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is completely out of his element as the smooth-talking operator.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas is like the tableau in a snow globe -- after all the whirling (and blatantly artificial) snow has settled, not a single figure has actually moved or changed.
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I'll Be Home For Christmas is entertainment for the whole family only if your whole family is incredibly bored.
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Top CriticWhile Disney has a rich tradition in animated family entertainment, but its track record in live-action film is, to put it mildly, less than stellar.
01/01/00
I'll Be Home for Christmas will appeal to people who fail to care if nothing good happens in a movie.
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Top CriticA consistent source of chuckles.
01/01/00
The results are only slightly better than coal in your stocking.
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If you've never had the urge to kick Santa Claus, this might be just the irksome misadventure into comedy that will drive you over the edge.
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Top CriticBah, humbug!
01/01/00
It's mixture of smiles and sentiment is good enough for the film to qualify as a mildly pleasant diversion, but lacks that special magic necessary for it to rise above average.
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A Christmas turkey.
03/19/02
The film equivalent of easy listening.
01/01/00
Arrogance gives way to humility, making this an appropriate, if thoroughly cliched, Christmas morality tale that's sugar-coated with an attractive cast spouting sitcom-quality dialogue.
04/16/08
Top CriticIt's the cinematic equivalent of a flavored rice cake -- palatable while you're chewing and completely forgotten 10 minutes later.
05/20/03
Hurrah -- let's teach our kids that if you look good and are skilled at making up convincing lies, everyone will love you.
02/08/03
I'll Be Home for Christmas asks the impossible of us.
03/28/06
Surprisingly engaging.
02/14/01
Too sophisticated for thumb-suckers, but far too stupid for anyone else.
01/01/00
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