Let's be honest - the rom-com formula has been done to the extreme.

No matter how hard writers try to find a unique angle - the formula remains pretty much the same.

This movie rides that line of finding a new approach like - exes being forced to spend Christmas together with family.

Rather than being a heartwarming reunion, the family makes the son feel less welcome than the nasty ex-fiance.

There is a bet between the two exes on who will get to stay with the family for Christmas, REALLY?

I guess they figured they had Robbie Amell as the shiny sparkly wrapping that none of the characters needed to have any substance underneath.

In spite of the above, it does have a few entertaining moments.

I give it a solid 6 stars, do with that what you will.

A pair of cloying idiots invites their son's ex-fiancee to spend Christmas with them because they're selfish grandkid-starved busybodies. Said ex-fiancee accepts because she's a delusional narcissistic psychopath. (I didn't know narcissists celebrated Christmas as their own birthdays are more important to them than those of anyone else, including Jesus, but whatever.)

To the target audience for this vapid farce I would say: no, borderline personality disorder woman who's lonely at the holidays, in reality your ex's family does not think you're so awesome that they'd rather hang out with you than him. And no, he does not want you back. In fact they're all so relieved you're out of his life for good that they'd rather let you keep the ring than ever contact you to try to get it back.

Obviously this is supposed to be a goofy romcom and not taken seriously, but the setup is so distasteful and the characters are so unappealing that it goes down about as well as rancid eggnog.