A Sudden Case of Christmas

2024

Comedy / Family

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 1496 1.5K

italy religious film christmas

Director

Peter Chelsom Photo
Peter Chelsom

Top cast

Antonella Rose Photo
Antonella Rose as Claire Randall
Günther Götsch Photo
Günther Götsch as German Dad
Lucy DeVito Photo
Lucy DeVito as Abbie Randall
Andie MacDowell Photo
Andie MacDowell as Rose 'Gams'
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843.2 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 13
1.69 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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4.09 GB
3840*1596
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blanche-2 5 / 10

So-so Christmas film

This is a remake of an Italian film, Improvvisamente Natale.Lucy Devito and Wilmer Valdarrama are Abbie and Jacob Randall. Though they normally visit her father (Danny Devito) in Italy over Christmas, this year they show up in August.The reason? They're separating and want Gramps to break it to their precocious daughter Claire (Antonella Rose). She's very good but because of her character being in therapy, she talks like a 40-year-old college professor.Claire is way ahead of them - she's figured it out - and requests one last family Christmas there in the Dolomites. This means her father's parents also have to make the trip.The scenery is breathtaking, and it's really the star.Despite the presence of DeVito, it lacks the hilarity usually associated with him.There's a lovely message, and it's a decent family film, but it's no great shakes and doesn't feel all that Christmassy.
Reviewed by carlosleyequienabarca 6 / 10

The idea is great but the execution was the most flawed I have seen for a while

The whole theme is great, and it sort of hit me because I felt similar as Claire when I was 7, last of the "classic" family christmas I had with the whole family, after which my mom took me away and christmas, my favorite time of the year, was never the same, so yeah, I felt the beginning... BUT...The characters lack consistency, the writing is abysmal, and the only actors that are actually believable are Danny, ofc, and Claire, the rest feel off, and as I said there is no consistencyThe character development is done so badly, they literally don't know how to write it, and some actions the characters randomly take are just dumb or out of the blue, there is no build up to some of the decisions.
Reviewed by lisafordeay 6 / 10

Watch it for Danny DeVito

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