An average movie

To be honest, I was really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though Christmas movies can sometimes be a total drag to watch, this one had a decent concept. Indeed, I really liked the idea of this group of friends going out every year around Christmas to have some fun together. Still, even if the idea had some potential, it could have been better developed though and the end-result felt above all rather random. For example, it was very promising when Seth Rogen’s character got all these drugs provided by his wife but, unfortunately, he turned out to be the only guy getting completely f*cked up. As a result, this character spent most of the movie completely high, which was actually pretty funny, while his buddies remained pretty much sober through the whole thing. I’m not saying that they should have been completely sh*t faced through the whole duration but I thought it wasn’t really convincing that they wouldn’t get high together. Otherwise, all the three guys had some personal issues to deal with, which was rather expected, but none of these sub-plots were really entertaining though. Still, concerning the jokes, even if it was never really hilarious, it was usually more hit than miss and the damned thing was usually quite funny. Anyway, to conclude, even though I’m usually not a huge fan of movies dealing with Christmas, this one was decent enough and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.