
The adult siblings of the Fitzgerald family prepare for their estranged father to return home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago.... (Full plot summary below)
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The adult siblings of the Fitzgerald family prepare for their estranged father to return home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA holiday drama that depicts the miracle of forgiveness in the midst of a storm of familial conflict and misunderstandings. |
| NPRStephanie ZacharekThe Fitzgerald Family Christmas is extremely perceptive about certain angles on life in a big family. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAs an actor, Burns has worked the Hollywood game from "Saving Private Ryan" to "Alex Cross." But his core passion is for making indie movies without studio interference, guerilla style. Because he takes his films personally, so do we. The Fitzgerald Family Christmas is one of his best. |
| Miami HeraldConnie OgleThese Fitzgeralds are loud, selfish and often maddening, but they're a loving group, and you wouldn't mind spending more time with them. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirIt's entirely sincere and genuinely not terrible. Burns knows the milieu of his suburbanized New York Irish-American characters at a bone-deep level (enough to induce powerful flashbacks in someone of my background), and the tone of regretful, tragicomic, low-key melodrama he strikes is just right. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A]chingly lovely... so full of bittersweet melancholy and yet so fixedly hopeful without ever having to touch on the sentimental... |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanA terrific holiday movie. Edward Burns' most invigorating, heartfelt picture in years. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis tale of a dysfunctional family whose members experience enough personal crises to fuel a dozen films is a virtual compendium of clichés, but the star's sheer likeability makes it go down as easily as a cup of eggnog. |
| Village VoiceChris PackhamBurns's job as director is differentiating and spotlighting everyone in this large ensemble, a storytelling challenge to which he responds with a brisk pace and an eye for revealing moments. The film recalls his 1995 debut, "The Brothers McMullen," grounded in Irish family traditions and comedic chemistry among performers. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfA fertile battlefield of sibling discontent and parental resentment, creating a prickly but inviting familial atmosphere that offers enough variation in woe to ease the script out of its occasional dalliance with clumsy melodrama. |