A Merry Friggin' Christmas
CAST
Joel McHale, Robin Williams
RATING
PG-13
RELEASE
November 7, 2014
DIRECTOR
Tristram Shapeero
STUDIO
Entertainment One
RUNNING TIME
1 hour 22 minutes
STARS
**
REVIEW:
Alright, before you go any further into this, I want you to take a look at the cast listed on the poster. Ok, since I'm assuming you looked, isn't that a great cast? I mean, you have Joel McHale from "Community," Clark Duke from "Hot Tub Time Machine," and the late Robin Williams along with many other talented people present here! Alright, with a cast as great as that, you would think that the film they're all in would be up to the comedic and talented chops that each one of the ensemble members has, right? Well unfortunately, you're wrong today. "A Merry Friggin' Christmas" tells the tale of a man's quest to keep the Christmas spirit alive for his kids after his father failed to do so when he was a kid. What ensues from there on is 82 minutes of hijinks and craziness that is supposed to expel laughs from the audiences' system. As someone who isn't necessarily a fan of Christmas movies, I wasn't necessarily expecting anything extraordinary. However, considering that this was one of Robin Williams' last films, I was hoping for some type of film that would do his career justice and give him a decent send off from the world of film. What is presented here is a movie that, while harmless, is uninventive, uninteresting, and just stupid overall.
Sure Williams is giving his all here and does a fine job as the grumpy father to Joel McHale's character, but in the end this is just 82 minutes of stuff happening that I, for one, couldn't have cared less about. Had this film stuck to a focused storyline, maybe delved into the characters' past a little, and put something of an R-rated edge to the jokes and the script, then I honestly think the film could have worked in the way that "Bad Santa" worked. Unfortunately, this is just another Christmas movie that was made for a quick buck. Even if you just want to see Robin Williams in a movie one more time, do yourself a favor and wait for the new "Night at the Museum" movie. Sure it's probably not going to be that great, but I can bet that it will be more entertaining and smarter than this. "A Merry Friggin' Christmas" is a holiday film that is forgettable, bland, and something that will dissolve into the abyss of other movies that aren't "Home Alone" or "A Christmas Story."
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