Film Review – A Merry Friggin’ Christmas

At this point, it would be strange to see a sincere holiday picture that values family time and trusts in the special fantasies of the season. “A Merry Friggin’ Christmas” is the umpteenth variation on the dysfunctional ways of parents and children thrown together for the holidays, and it will receive the bulk of its publicity due to the death of star Robin Williams, who appears in one of his final screen roles. Predictable and largely unfunny, “A Merry Friggin’ Christmas” doesn’t make much of an effort to subvert clichés, wasting a perfectly skilled cast on lukewarm relationship woes and a yuletide appreciation that’s meant to lean toward the farcical, but mostly comes off unimaginative. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com