I'll Be Home for Christmas
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Movie Reviews of I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie Review: An OK Christmas Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is for kids, but a bit juvenile for adults. However, Jessica Biel, even in her teen years, is very hot!! Her backside fills out those tight jeans very well!
Movie Review: Jonathon Taylor Thomas Tries, But He Can't Save This Film
Summary: 2 Stars
Jake has no interest in coming home for Christmas and spending it with his dad, sister, and step-mother. But when his father promises him a Porsche if he's there by Christmas Eve dinner, Jake decides to spend the holidays with them. Only things aren't that simple. A scheme to help some jocks cheat on a final backfires, and he finds himself in the desert in a Santa costume. Now, he must use all his wits to get from California to New York before the deadline.I remember thinking this film would be fun when it first came out. I was wrong then, and watching it again didn't change my mind. The problem is with Jake. Watching the guy lie and scheme his way across the country for an hour and a half to get a car is hard to watch. You're supposed to be rooting for him, but he's so despicable you want him to fail. And his supposed change of heart at the end is too little too late to redeem him. Because of this, the funny situations along the way aren't as funny because you don't care about the character.
Frankly, I find this disappointing because I do enjoy Jonathon Taylor Thomas's work. He's a good actor, but he can't raise the level of the comedy above poor. If you want to get into the spirit of the season, skip this and watch many of the other, better holiday themed movies available. You'll be glad you did.
Movie Review: More like a movie made for TV than a theatrical release
Summary: 2 Stars
This must be the worst holiday movie I've ever seen. Jonathan Taylor Thomas plays a college student who gets left in a desert with a Santa suit "glued" to him because his classmates wanted to get even. But he has to get home because his dad promised to give him a Porche if he was there on Christmas eve. Of course he needs to win his girl back on the way.Everything about this movie seems like it was made for TV. There are some really funny parts but they can't save it. Why would you buy this when there are so many other holiday movies that are far better? The Santa Clause, Jingle All The Way, Home Alone, Home Alone 2 and many others make this movie look stupid. If you have to own every Christmas movie out there, then buy the VHS version since you're only going to watch it twice a year.
Movie Review: Bah humbug!
Summary: 1 Stars
"I'll be home for Christmas" stars former child star Jonathan Taylor Thomas. JT2 is a teenaged boy who'd rather not go home for Christmas to be with his family, since his father remarried 10 months after his mother died (if this were Shakespeare,he'd be bemoaning that his father would be warming the marital bed while his mother is barely cold in her grave) His father bribes him with a Porsche- in the spirit of Christmas giving.
As if an answer to his prayers, JT2 gets beaten up by bullies&stranded in the desert in a Santa outfit. Jessica Biel has a thankless role as JT2's girlfriend. She gets to be pretty,and that's all,folks. JT2 encounters cattle, elderly Tom Jones fans, and so on. It all makes for a boring odyssey.
"I'll be home for Christmas" has the power to make the hapless reviewer into an Ebenezer Scrooge.
Movie Review: boring
Summary: 1 Stars
I used to think this film was okay but it's really lame. He's going home only cause he wants a car, shows you how greedy people in america are about christmas. They only care about the material goods they get out of the overrated season.