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This Christmas

This Christmas

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2007

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

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This Christmas

“You can't exchange family.”

2007 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 57m

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6.6 / 10

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This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Preston A. Whitmore II

Written by

Preston A. Whitmore II

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Joe Black

Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Quentin "Junior" Whitfield

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield

Chris Brown

Chris Brown

Michael "Baby" Whitfield

Keith D. Robinson

Keith D. Robinson

Devean Brooks

Laz Alonso

Laz Alonso

Malcolm Moore

Columbus Short

Columbus Short

Claude Whitfield

Court is in session

Put This Christmas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.