Girlfriends of Christmas Past

Early in the movie my wife and I were aghast at the actions of the three women who had been burned by the same guy and briefly wondered why the lead woman refused to take her partner Ty's advice to forget and move on. Then it became clear. This was strictly a comedy. We couldn't take seriously what any of the three exes did or said.

From that point on, we found the movie actually pretty funny; perhaps not as funny as a Marx Brothers movie, or the three stooges, but definitely funny, right down to a little slapstick. Everyone around the girls plays it straight, but just like the Marx brothers, they play it all for laughs. This is actually very good escapist fare, all things considered. But don't compare it to the RomComs like Hallmark and others turn out. I think it succeeds quite well as a comedy so we rated it accordingly.

I'm not a fan of revenge themes in either comedy or romance. I sort of agree with the reviewer who said you need to look at this as comedy not romance, although there is a side of romance. Just don't take the movie too seriously. The trouble is that it's hard to reconcile the two given that it's not just comedy, but silly exaggerated comedy and then the romance has serious moments. So really you have to look at the two parts differently.

There are some funny, and mean revenge plots.

I am in the middle of this and it is one of the worst movies ever. How bad? It is four years ago and does not even have a rotten tomato record. Plot is horrible. Acting is horrible. Just got to a scene where the blonde falls off a two story balcony, flat on her back on concrete. The other character looks down and the blond smiles back up and waves STUPIDLY. If you watch it, you will know what I mean.

It's your usual christmas movie with an event planning lead and overly-done lines. I was quite taken aback, however, when the love interest began blaming all of women for the negative things that some men have done. I'll take cheesy but I won't take misogyny (or rampant stalking, B&E, and poisoning). This is one of the first movies I've stopped partway through and given up on.

The movie was funny and it had some cute moments, so, overall, the movie was entertaining. Sure, it is predictable and a bit less heavy on the christmas mood, but it was okay.