Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe

First off, I know there's a TV show, I have not watched that.

This movie was absolutely hilarious, the casting was all funny. The jokes usually didn't hit, but some things, like the random cutout gag of a pregnant woman's terrible looking CGI baby playing soccer in the womb actually made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe, and other cutout gags like it.

The casting was all great and they were all funny. The story was...interesting, to say the least, but entertaining. There was one actress in particular (the main antagonist) that I remember specifically because she had this southern American accent that was so hard for me to understand (and I'm American) and it was hilarious every time she spoke. Definitely worth watching if you're bored and looking for something to watch on MAX.

I watched the Hank Zipzer series several years ago now, and that was when I watched this movie, which concludes the series.

If I remember rightly, it finished the show off nicely, while tying in a Christmas theme.

As expected, it adds twists and turns to the character and new situations to see how the character reacts. It was good to see more from the character.

If you have found this on HBO, then make sure to look at the TV series as well, because it was a fairly good series

Fine acting throughout this movie and the series, particularly from the main characters with Felicity Montagu playing Miss Adolf a particular favourite.

I haven't seen the television series, but I did not find any difficult to follow the film. The story started with a little introduction about a troubled high school student Hank. A few days to go for the Christmas that celebrated grandly in his school, but two unexpected visitors lead to cancel it. Followed by Hank's family is ready to welcome a new member, a baby to be born. With all the complications around, he meets a famed singer and be friends. Now how everything comes together to celebrate the festival as planned takes us to the final segment.

Of all the Christmas films I have seen in this season, this one looked much better actually. Because all those were either the US or the Canadian films, and they all looked the same. A single woman with her young daughter, romance, Christmas preparation blah blah blah... So this one was completely different and a little fun.

I don't have any idea about the series, so surely I'm missing something, like I'm not used to the characters or the type of the comedies. But I enjoyed watching with whatever it offered. I have seen many films like 'Inbetweeners', 'Entourage' et cetera. Most importantly, they did not affect me from having a good time, because of the lack of the knowledge of its original. This film might look silly, like the baby birth scene, but for a comedy, it'll work. So I think not a bad film, especially on the occasions like this.

6/10

Yes it's a Christmas movie. Yes it's based on a British kid's TV show. No surprises here. However there's so much to love about the show and this movie.

Henry Winkler is so very great; worth watching just for him. Felicity Montagu does a sterling job as the main antagonist. The boy who plays Hank inhabits the role.

It's often kinda slap stick and heavy on the tropes, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but its positive messages about family, being your best self and being kind to others that really wins it for me.

You could do far worse than spending the time to watch the show or this movie.