Oh. What. Fun.

"It keeps undermining our sympathy with off-kilter stakes and inert efforts at humour."

"An unravelling premise of mounting, and increasingly alienating, silliness."

"Sweet but generic, heartfelt but undercooked."

"It’s just right for anyone who turns into a needy terror around the holidays."

"Pfeiffer remains charismatic till the end. She deserved better."

"A movie that does very little with its setup and terrific cast."

"Oh so predictable, oh so timid, and oh so underbaked."

"It takes the 105-minute film a full 45 minutes for its premise to kick in."

"A forgettable blend of unearned saccharinity and unacknowledged sourness."

"A dried-out festive cheese log of a movie."

"The supporting cast is wasted in thinly-written roles."