The Times
Despite the concerted efforts of actors as fine as Sally Phillips and Gemma Whelan... this is a seasonal British comedy so unfunny and pedestrian it makes you want to gouge your eyes out.
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Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Two families must endure Christmas together in this comedy written and directed by Oscar-nominated screenwriter James Dearden (Fatal Attraction).
Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ country house, but ancient sibling rivalries flare up again and sabotage their season of good will.
2018101 minsUK
Comedy
- Director:
- James Dearden ('Rogue Trader', 'A Kiss Before Dying', 'Pascali's Island')
- Writer:
- James Dearden
- Cast:
- Joely RichardsonSally PhillipsGemma WhelanJames FoxPatricia HodgeJulian OvendenMichael LandesRonni AnconaSophie Simnett
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives / Reviews
The Guardian
There's just too much manic farce. It's one of those films in which characters keep on bursting through doorways...
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