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This Christmas

  • 2007
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 59 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,4/10
10.923
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Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Idris Elba, Sharon Leal, Keith D. Robinson, Columbus Short, Lauren London, and Chris Brown in This Christmas (2007)
Theatrical Trailer from Screen Gems
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In einem Weihnachtsdrama ging es um den ersten gemeinsamen Feiertag der Familie Whitfield seit vier Jahren.In einem Weihnachtsdrama ging es um den ersten gemeinsamen Feiertag der Familie Whitfield seit vier Jahren.In einem Weihnachtsdrama ging es um den ersten gemeinsamen Feiertag der Familie Whitfield seit vier Jahren.

  • Regie
    • Preston A. Whitmore II
  • Drehbuch
    • Preston A. Whitmore II
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Regina King
    • Columbus Short
    • Delroy Lindo
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,4/10
    10.923
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Preston A. Whitmore II
    • Drehbuch
      • Preston A. Whitmore II
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Regina King
      • Columbus Short
      • Delroy Lindo
    • 44Benutzerrezensionen
    • 38Kritische Rezensionen
    • 63Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Auszeichnungen
      • 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Regina King
    Regina King
    • Lisa Moore
    Columbus Short
    Columbus Short
    • Claude Whitfield
    Delroy Lindo
    Delroy Lindo
    • Joseph Black
    Idris Elba
    Idris Elba
    • Quentin Whitfield
    Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine
    • Ma'Dere Whitfield
    Chris Brown
    Chris Brown
    • Michael 'Baby' Whitfield
    Keith D. Robinson
    Keith D. Robinson
    • Devean Brooks
    • (as Keith Robinson)
    Laz Alonso
    Laz Alonso
    • Malcolm Moore
    Sharon Leal
    Sharon Leal
    • Kelli Whitfield
    Lauren London
    Lauren London
    • Melanie 'Mel' Whitfield
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    • Reverend Caldwell
    • (as Haskell Anderson III)
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    • Regie
      • Preston A. Whitmore II
    • Drehbuch
      • Preston A. Whitmore II
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    8juanmoorebeer

    Surprised me

    I first saw this movie on a day I had a few spare hours and this was the only movie starting at the right time.

    A lot of good stories woven into a cohesive view of an extended family. I would have a hard time finding fault with the actors or casting.

    The girl fight was stupid though.
    7bsdalton

    Art, semi-imitating life

    I just saw this movie today on cable and I was entertained. Yes, the plot lines were predictable, but name a movie in the last 25 years that wasn't. The cast was perfect: have you ever seen a bad movie with Delroy Lindo, Loretta Devine or Regina King. Look up the definition for "dysfunctional" and I'm sure it mentions family. We all have them. I am a 53-year-old white woman with only one child and and I related to this family. Ma'dere is doing the best she can to stay on top of her brood, while realizing that its unrealistic to do so. She's trying to find some happiness with Joe without betraying the fathers of her children. Her children are just trying to find their places in life, without severing all family ties. The scene where the new daughter-in-law comes in ("I'll keep drinkin' till it's funny") followed by the bookies ("Are YOU secretly married to one of my children?") is hysterical. So is the baby oil scene, whether or not its politically correct. This movie will be added to my list of Christmas movies.
    8D_Burke

    "This Christmas" Blazes Bright and Is Filled With Cheer

    "This Christmas" is a little bit more adult than a typical Christmas movie. Fortunately, it also is not nearly as cynical as many Christmas comedies of late, while simultaneously still maintaining humor, charm, and warmth that may make it a perennial favorite in the years to come.

    The plot of the film can be described in two sentences: Three brothers and three sisters return to their mother's house for Christmas, and bring with them excessive baggage from their lives. They reunite, and work through the troubles in their lives.

    In terms of story, there's not a lot else to say. However, it's really what the actors here bring to their characters and how they interact with their other family members on screen that make this movie work.

    Loretta Devine plays the matriarch of the Whitfield family, affectionately known as Ma'Dere to her six children. Despite being a divorcée, she does well for herself as the owner of a laundromat. Of her six children, the only one who lives with her is Michael "Baby" Whitfield (Chris Brown), who does not want to tell Ma'Dere about his aspirations to be a singer.

    The other five children not only live away from home, but all of them have a story. Quentin Jr. (Idris Elba, great as always) is a saxophone player whose life on the road has prevented him from coming home for the holidays for years. On top of him holding a grudge against Ma'Dere's minister boyfriend, deacon Joe Black (Delroy Lindo), for not being his father, Quentin Jr. also owes debts to bookies. Part of the reason he's home is to hide from them.

    The whole story with Quentin Jr. could take up an entire movie, but the film does well balancing most of the other siblings out. The second eldest child, Lisa (the great Regina King), is a stay-at-home Mom who decided to raise a family instead of go to college. Her sister Kelli (the beautiful Sharon Leal) did go to college, and is successful and residing in New York City.

    Her other sister Mel (Lauren London) is in college, and brings her boyfriend home for the holidays. The final brother Claude (Columbus Short), who I believe is fourth eldest, is in the Marines, but is holding back a few secrets, including but not limited to a bride with whom he eloped.

    So with six children, there are a lot of stories. Most of them weave together very well, and the other children's reactions to each one is really believable. However, I feel as though Mel could have been cut entirely from the story. By the time the other five subplots really got going, Mel's bringing her boyfriend home from college seemed less interesting, plus her character got pushed right to the back anyway.

    I really liked the interactions between Regina King and Sharon Leal. They look nothing alike, but both acted so well in scenes together that you really thought they were sisters. There was also a lot of believability between King and Idris Elba, especially when the dynamic is played out on how she stayed near the family while he drifted as far away as you can get.

    I also thought the tension and eventual resolution between Elba and Lindo was pretty believable. Lindo's character is not a bad guy, but Elba as Quentin, who knew his estranged father the best, plays his uncertainty against the new man in the house well.

    As a Christmas movie, it was unique in the way it took place in Los Angeles, the location of no other Christmas movies I know. It's sunny, the grass is green, and everyone is still wearing shorts & T-shirts in the film. Every other Christmas movie shows people bundled up in heavy jackets and winter hats while snow is on the ground. It was brave of the filmmakers to show Christmas in such a geographic location. After all, many people celebrate the holiday in places where it's not so cold outside.

    As a family movie, the cast clicks together so well, making the touching parts more poignant and making the funny moments even more familiar. My favorite line comes after Lisa reveals the news that brother Claude is married. When Kelli says that it's not funny, Lisa replies, "No it isn't, but I'm going to keep drinking until it is!" Classic!

    "This Christmas" will inevitably be misattributed to Tyler Perry, not only because it's a movie with a predominantly African-American cast. The facts that Lindo's character is a deacon, and Devine plays a church-going, God-fearing woman, a role into which she is frequently typecast, don't help much.

    Thankfully, however, Lindo, as Joe Black, doesn't shove Bibles in people's faces. He's religious, but not a moral crusader. Devine's character is also refreshingly more rounded than those she played in movies like "Kingdom Come" (2001) and "Death At A Funeral" (2010), which was basically the same character. Her blaming music on her ex-husband's abandoning her seemed a bit too myopic. It would have been more so if she had actually said so. Instead, it's speculated by others, especially Quentin Jr., which makes it a bit more credible.

    The Whitfield family here could have been white, Latino, Asian, or any other ethnic group, and it still would be relatable to anyone who comes home to family they see only a few times a year. "This Christmas" has a similar charm and universality to "A Christmas Story". It may be a holiday movie you find yourself wanting to return to again next year. The same may not be said about your family.
    10crazyan2007

    I would love to watch this movie for every Christmas eve

    Such a beautiful movie with beautiful different characters. they really looked like a family. felt like i was one among them too. people who need a holiday movies like "This is where i leave you", "Family Stone" & "Dan in real life". hit this movie without any second thought. you will definitely love this movie. there are no movies recently in this genre. wish we could see lot more of this kind movies in future. Family drama is really needed now a days. but its fading away slowly. this movie will hit you hard <3 iam an indian but i wish i could celebrate christmas like this every year <3 just go for it and you will love this movie for sure :)
    6contact-1124

    Family movie - but NOT for the family

    I'm not a big moviegoer, but I do know that this movie was too full of drama to be reasonably resolved within a 2-hour window. Maybe it would have made a better novel??? The only plot that seemed to actually play through was the husband-wife scenario, but even that was rushed (though it was resolved with great humor). The movie also didn't "warm my heart" in the traditional sense of a holiday movie. I was left wondering what the true message was supposed to be??? As a side note, I took my middle school daughter and a few of her Chris-Brown-crazy friends to see this movie, and I was disappointed. I knew it was rated PG-13, but I'm convinced now more than ever that the range of PG-13 is far too wide. The movie trailers look made it look like this would be a family movie. Well, it was ABOUT family - but it definitely not FOR the family. Specifically, I was disappointed in the way the family "ideal" was portrayed. In the words of my grandmother, there was too much "shackin' up" in this movie - in fact (the viewer learns in the first few minutes of the movie), the wise, God-fearing matriarch has a live-in boyfriend who happens to be a deacon in the church. Needless to say, two of the matriarchs apples don't fall far from the tree. And since when to do one-night-stands lead to true love??? I know that this movie was not marketed as a moral movie per se, but the matriarch and live-in patriarch sure did talk a LOT of Christian talk to be living with each other and leanin' on the Lord for deliverance from their family problems. I realize that this is life - people do what they want to do. I'm just saying: don't try to do the Tyler Perry thing (add a spiritual connection) at the same time you're trying to do the Zane thing (everybody-get-their-freak-on). Just let it be one or the other, and don't sell us out with a teen-magnet like Chris brown if you're going the Zane route (and DON'T try to hide it under the "holiday film" radar)! I do hope that the film-makers remember: when you put Chris Brown into a film, you're going to attract a lot of young, impressionable girls. Be mindful of the message you're sending. I do try to support films that portray African-American families positively and I know how important that first weekend is for a new film. But, next time, I'll have to wait and see what a few of my friends say before viewing similar movies.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Lauren London was offered to be in this movie without having to audition based on her performance in ATL (2006).
    • Patzer
      When Claude Whitfield got arrested, Joe Black said that he was AWOL from the Army. At the end of the movie he has on a Marine Corps. uniform. Army personnel go 'AWOL'. Marines go 'UA' (Unexcused Absence).
    • Zitate

      Melanie 'Mel' Whitfield: So, technically, you slept with Santa?

      Kelli Whitfield: Well, I didn't know he was Santa at the time... but technically, I guess I did.

      Melanie 'Mel' Whitfield: Well, ho, ho, ho!

    • Crazy Credits
      The Screen Gems logo is bright red and covered in Christmas tree lights. The logo title is in a cheery cursive Christmas-time font.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Mist/This Christmas/August Rush/I'm Not There/Purple Violets (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      O' Tannenbaum
      Traditional tune, lyrics by Ernst Anschütz (uncredited)

      Performed by The Unified Jazz Ensemble

      Courtesy of Panda Digital & MS-Pro

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 6. Dezember 2007 (Deutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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    • Drehorte
      • The Grove, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Facilitator Films
      • Rainforest Films
      • Screen Gems
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      • 13.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 49.121.934 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 17.958.183 $
      • 25. Nov. 2007
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 49.778.552 $
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