Almost Christmas Cinema Release Date

If it's Christmas — or even if it's nowhere near Christmas — it must be time for a toasty holiday laughfest featuring a family at each other's throats. But this one has some smo...

If you come to Christmas movies for laughs, poignancy and familial reconciliation, this all-star cast provides it in abundance.

Almost Christmas probably won’t be your next holiday tradition.

David E. Talbert’s “Almost Christmas” has an auntie character in it, and it too is better for having her.

The family comedy-drama Almost Christmas is an often disarmingly entertaining picture, in spite of its being a not particularly well-thought-out cinematic contrivance.

The familiarity of the setup means the actors can just knuckle down and do their thing.

Even with ample charms, Almost Christmas stuffs itself on melodrama.

Almost Christmas is a nice distraction from the current state of things, arriving on a weekend when we most certainly need it.

For all the over-the-top operatic moments — car wrecks and prom throwbacks and rifles at the dinner table — there's something about the wild tonal shifts and chaos of Almost Chr...

Almost Christmas doesn't set a new standard for family holiday comedies, but its cast and a handful of outrageously funny moments make it worthwhile for fans of the genre.

Everything is just a little better than it needs to be in this ambling comedy about a spirited family holiday gathering.

Comfort meets comedic craziness as a family tries to get along during the holidays following their mother’s recent death.

The script’s weaknesses are difficult to ignore.

David E. Talbert's film is most affecting in its simpler moments, particularly those revolving around food.

Bad things happen in threes in Almost Christmas, David E. Talbert's routine tears-and-gags holiday homily.

Is it a good movie? Not particularly. But if you’re a forgiving filmgoer in need of a smile, it’s a reasonable diversion, one that ties up its message of love — if a bit too nea...

Danny Glover plays the patriarch of a family reuniting for the holidays in the first Yuletide-themed movie of the season.