Movie Review – This Christmas

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by Lamar Tyler | on December 6th, 2007 | 4 comments

Ok- Bear with us it normally takes a minute for us to get a baby sitter so here at blackandmarriedwithkids.com our movie reviews normally run a lil bit late See below for both of our takes on the movie “This Christmas” starring Chris Brown. View the trailer below.

TheMom:

I thought the movie was good but not great and even with the problems the children had I thought they made the family too goodie goodie. I also wasn’t feeling the nicknames for the mother and father, that was cheesey. Chris Brown did a good job singing and acting IMO.

TheDad:

Decent film, it did have it’s funny parts. Still trying to figure out why no one called the mother mom, mommy or even ma? Who knows? It was a good film to get you in the mood for the holidays. Delroy Lindo was the man as normal and played a good part but that’s to be expected. Overall I’d say go see it, take a date buy a popcorn/snack combo @ 20bucks each and enjoy the night.

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Lamar and Ronnie Tyler are the creators of the award-winning blog BlackandMarriedWithKids.com . They also are behind the Amazon.com bestselling DVDs Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me and Men Ain’t Boys that explores manhood in the African American community. The Tylers are also the proud parents of four children.

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Carol Saturday - 29 / 12 / 2007 Reply

Yeah, I thought the movie was OK. I mean showing a black man with a white wife and then to add to it, getting put in jail. I wasn't pleased with the writing. The one daughter with the no good husband and "bs" she was playing too. Haven't we come a long way from that type of stero-casting? And the Mom who owns her home with grown-ass children just visiting shouldn't have any say in her sleeping arrangments. I was glad to see so many black actors working, but the was way to long a line dance at the end.
Leonie Wednesday - 02 / 01 / 2008 Reply

" way to long a line dance" LOL. Funny enough I watched this movie with my family on Boxing day. When we got home we actually tried to reinact the scene. I thought the movie was a bad take on "Soul food" but the family realtionships were so predictable my neice who's 7yrs could have added a better climax. As I live in the UK seeing a black movie,in the cinemas on general release was awesome. So I give top props.......Got nothing on Soul Food thou lol.
musichyper Tuesday - 02 / 12 / 2008 Reply

I felt this movie had a really nice cohesive family story to it and had some chuckling moments, but got a bit boring as the story went on. Chris Brown was surprisingllt good. I Hyped This Christmas on Everhype and gave it 84% which I think is fairly accurate. http://www.everhype.com/hyper/mikeborgia?X=M763 I wouldn’t mind getting some opinions on it . If you get on there, rate me a 5 & request friendship.
wonttakno Friday - 26 / 12 / 2008 Reply

What happened to the white girl in the line dance? Didn't she make the cut. Lol