
Murray, playing himself, trying to avoid a Hollywood figure who wants to represent the actor, who famously forgoes having a manager or agent. And somewhere in there will be rooms for Christmas carols to be sung by the actors (everyone is playing themselves) and probably more bits and pieces of holiday cheer.... (Full plot summary below)
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Murray, playing himself, trying to avoid a Hollywood figure who wants to represent the actor, who famously forgoes having a manager or agent. And somewhere in there will be rooms for Christmas carols to be sung by the actors (everyone is playing themselves) and probably more bits and pieces of holiday cheer.
Leave your thoughts about A Very Murray Christmas.
| New York Magazine/VultureMatt Zoller SeitzThe Netflix musical-variety special A Very Murray Christmas doesn't amount to much, yet it's sublime; maybe it's sublime because it shows no evidence of needing to make any kind of impression. |
| VarietyMaureen RyanIf the weather outside is frightful (or even if it's tolerable), there are worse ways to spend a holiday-season hour than with Murray and his glamorous chums. |
| Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenMurray has surprising resonance. It may not be the yuletide cheer you want in a season darkened by terrorism and fear, but it does have a message that meets the moment. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumChris BumbrayBill Murray goes Bing Crosby in this hipster holiday classic. |
| New York PostElisabeth VincentelliThis is the show at its best, effectively balancing wry humor with a straightforward affection for the Christmas songbook (the regular one, not some hipster alt-holiday universe version). |
| The PlaylistNick SchagerMurray's co-stars provide just enough star wattage to keep "A Very Murray Christmas" mildly engaging, even as they do so little that it feels like they're just participating to humor their headliner friend's flights of fancy. |
| The AtlanticMegan GarberIt's beautiful and haunting and and commercial and confusing and cringe-worthy. So maybe it's also Christmas. |
| Lainey GossipSarah Marrs... this is a case of all the good stuff being in the trailer. |
| VogueJulia FelsenthalAnd it's true: The production values are not high. The transitions are awkward. The scripted jokes do not land. The actors seem unrehearsed. Many of the songs do not work. But, somehow, Bill Murray still charms. |
| Hollywood ReporterDan FienbergA Very Murray Christmas is a boozy, snarky, melancholic gathering spiked with welcome whimsy, quirky celebrity cameos and effective doses of Yuletide earnestness. |