Mon père, Noël et moi

Laugh out loud funny and the cat is great !! For a movie not made by a studio, it sure seems like it was.

Funny. Good Family movie. Has some serious moments with a happy ending.

I didn't think I'd be into a family Xmas movie with two teenage leads, but I kept watching and I'm glad I did. It moves at a brisk pace with good laughs, and then got surprisingly real at the end. It reminded me of 10 Things I Hate About You -- funny but then you actually care about these people.

I mean "sappy" in a good way, It makes you tear up a little. And it doesn't get sappy until the end, after a few hours of funniness. I think the filmmakers did a good job of making it something that literally the whole family can watch. There are jokes for kids, and jokes for adults that kids wouldn't get (not dirty or anything). Like a joke about Clark Gable that would make anyone over 40 laugh, but little kids would go "huh?"

Mainly, the cast is uniformly good throughout. A few unknown actors, and a lot of actors where you go "Oh, I've seen them before." It's nice to see them getting to shine.

My 11 year old daughter and I watched it together. She loved it. I enjoyed it too. It can be hard to find films that families can watch together and all like. This film accomplishes that goal. It is cute and funny.