Quite a different holiday comedy, this one is. It's not exactly the warm fuzzy holiday movie, but at least it'll make YOUR family look better.
Denis Leary is a cat burglar who's robbery goes afoul on Christmas Eve. Undaunted, he holds up a couple in hopes of hitting the jackpot. Unfortunately the two have been married for 12 years; she wants to work it out in therapy, he wants a divorce. Need I say more, except that they drive Leary insane?
One of the many brilliant aspects of this comedy is that the old "Little Town vs. the Big City: Which is Better?" argument is blown to shreds. EVERYBODY is insane in this idellic-looking town, pretty much (and in a sci-fi story I read once perfectly put it, "ho ho ho my a**!"). There's a drunken Santa Claus, an inept police force that destroys the evidence that can identify Leary (that was hilarious!), a man who saves face upon getting fired by telling his (now) ex-boss he had an affair with his wife while he was out of town, a blackmailing kid, and more.
Unfortunately there's a dinner scene that drags on for too long that is short on laughs, but the rest of the movie makes up for that (oh well, it's a Jerry Bruckheimer film; most of his movies are long: dig Pearl Harbor at three hours!). Definitely worth a rent, though, if not a few, despite bad language o'plenty.
Denis Leary is a cat burglar who's robbery goes afoul on Christmas Eve. Undaunted, he holds up a couple in hopes of hitting the jackpot. Unfortunately the two have been married for 12 years; she wants to work it out in therapy, he wants a divorce. Need I say more, except that they drive Leary insane?
One of the many brilliant aspects of this comedy is that the old "Little Town vs. the Big City: Which is Better?" argument is blown to shreds. EVERYBODY is insane in this idellic-looking town, pretty much (and in a sci-fi story I read once perfectly put it, "ho ho ho my a**!"). There's a drunken Santa Claus, an inept police force that destroys the evidence that can identify Leary (that was hilarious!), a man who saves face upon getting fired by telling his (now) ex-boss he had an affair with his wife while he was out of town, a blackmailing kid, and more.
Unfortunately there's a dinner scene that drags on for too long that is short on laughs, but the rest of the movie makes up for that (oh well, it's a Jerry Bruckheimer film; most of his movies are long: dig Pearl Harbor at three hours!). Definitely worth a rent, though, if not a few, despite bad language o'plenty.