A consistent source of chuckles.
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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
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.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/08/02
I'll Be Home for Christmas will appeal to people who fail to care if nothing good happens in a movie.
01/01/00
Top CriticUm filme natalino que advoga a eficácia da mentira e do egoísmo como formas de ser bem sucedido.
12/19/08
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01/01/00
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is completely out of his element as the smooth-talking operator.
01/01/00
I'll Be Home For Christmas is entertainment for the whole family only if your whole family is incredibly bored.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe Disney family flick is all sight gags and button-pushing to holiday tunes.
01/01/00
If not for the movie's heart being in the right place, this lame teen road picture might be truly insufferable.
01/01/00
Funny only in your dreams!
01/01/00
Inane Christmas film has little going for it in script and character.
01/01/00
Nothing that occurred in it was earthshaking or shocking or particularly inventive, but it was well-done, all the same, and I really did like it.
01/01/00
Director Sanford struggles in vain to put a shiny new wrapper on this secondhand offering.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/17/05
I'll Be Home for Christmas asks the impossible of us.
03/28/06
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
Surprisingly engaging.
02/14/01
A Christmas turkey.
03/19/02
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