The Fitzgerald Family Christmas PG-13
A time to share the spirit of the season.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 5, 2013
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Edward Burns, Kerry Bishé & Connie Britton | |
Performer: | Heather Burns, Marsha Dietlein, Caitlin FitzGerald, Anita Gillette, Tom Guiry, Ed Lauter, Mike McGlone, Nick Sandow, Noah Emmerich, Joyce Van Patten, Dara Coleman, Malachy McCourt & Michele Harris | |
Directed by | Edward Burns | |
Screenwriting by | Edward Burns | |
Composition by | P.T. Walkley | |
Cinematography by | William Rexer |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
A holiday-themed piece shot through with humor and heartbreak. No bull. And low on sappy.
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Rolling Stone
Burns remains an agreeable presence throughout, and the emotions mostly ring true, even if the comic elements feel overly broad and individual episodes are hit-and-miss.
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Salon.com
Rating: 2/4 --
Too much of the film is taken up by creaky plot devices and one sibling vowing to track down and talk to another one to resolve a problem.
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New York Post
Burns gives a rare picture of another borough, showing the working-class environment he grew up in, and eulogizes: Queens, and even the beaches of Long Island when not in high season.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 3/4 --
These Fitzgeralds are loud, selfish and often maddening, but they're a loving group, and you wouldn't mind spending more time with them.
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Miami Herald
[T]he star’s sheer likability makes it go down as easily as a cup of eggnog.
Hollywood Reporter
The ensemble cast is mostly agreeable, but the script eventually bogs down amid too many characters and too many contrivances.
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Product Description:
A group of grown Irish-American siblings grapple with their estranged father's request to join them for Christmas dinner 20 years after he walked out on their family in this holiday drama from writer/director Edward Burns (THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN). It's been two decades since Big Jim Fitzgerald (Ed Lauter) left his wife Josie (Anita Gillette) and their seven children. Ever since that day, Josie swore Jim would never set foot in her house again. Things start to get complicated, however, when eldest sibling Gerry (Burns) returns home with word that his absentee father seeks a chance to reconcile with his family during their upcoming Christmas celebrations. For the younger children it would mean a chance to meet the father they've never really known, but for the older siblings and their embittered mother, the scars left by abandonment have never quite healed. When Josie learns of Jim's request despite her children's best efforts to keep it a secret, she erupts due to years of pent up anger and resentment. Meanwhile, as grieving widower Gerry finds his friendship with the nurse (Connie Britton) hired to care for his late wife's mother growing into something much more intimate, the rest of his siblings contend with their own personal crises.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 108,394
- UPC: 876964005951
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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