All American Christmas Carol

"All American Christmas Carol" tries to play both sides of the line between trailer trash schlock and family redemption ala Dickens. Unfortunately, it fails to entertain in either realm. The pace of the movie is uneven and slow, bouncing around story points that go on too long and initially leave you wondering what all this is leading to. Most of the cast is competent enough, but the characters and situations, as written, are uninteresting and unconvincing. Ironically, when the first ghost finally appears in the presence of the character supposedly needing to be un-Scrooged, the moment is rushed with no buildup or reaction whatsoever to the game-changing event. Why this scene is played with such dryness by both characters is both puzzling and disappointing, especially after so many uncompelling scenes leading up to it. And so it goes with the rest of the spirits who have their subsequent (and unremarkable) interactions. At what point this movie was supposed to be entertaining was lost on me. The resolution that finally brings this movie to an end is equally unbelievable, uninteresting, and prolonged.

I gave this movie 3 stars for good acting by some of the cast, and overall technical production that was decent. None of those stars are for special effects, as the ghosts appear mostly via camera cuts and are only afforded makeup for their afterlife appearance.

If you like stereotypical trailer trash gags, this movie has a few. Otherwise, there's not much else in it worth the hour and a half.

This movie was terrible. Story line was lame and acting wasn't that great. Modern day trailer trash Christmas Carol. Could be a funny concept, I grew up in a trailer court, I know what I'm talking about. This movie had a few laughs but was mostly cringe inducing. Skip it.

Mom had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. And you never did find out why she gave up on life in the first place. She was lazy and thoughtless and selfish and disrespectful. The three spirits really didn't follow the normal pattern that you would have expected. I got kind of lost on the three spirits. I thought the acting was okay even though it was a low-budget flick. Like I said earlier it could have been a good movie had the script been better. What was up with her hair? It look like she was wearing an old wig that she found at Goodwill that needed to be brushed out . Her hair and makeup was awful through the whole movie. It's okay movie for some cheap entertainment

I had to dnf, did not finish, after 15 minutes. The representation of "trailer trash" was beyond ridiculous. Every freaking stereotype you can think of was thrown into this movie. I was offended to be honest because there is no way this would be typical. Bunch off horse manure in my opinion. Skip. Skip. Skip.

I had to dnf, did not finish, after 15 minutes. The representation of "trailer trash" was beyond ridiculous. Every freaking stereotype you can think of was thrown into this movie. I was offended to be honest because there is no way this would be typical. Bunch off horse manure in my opinion. Skip. Skip. Skip.

Who thought that it was a good idea to make this trash? I will admit that I love the classic movie adaptations. I don't like the cartoons, the musicals, etc. BUT I would rather watch them on a continuous loop than watch this rubbish! All involved should be thoroughly ashamed for their participation! If I could give it minus stars I would!