Film Review – EXmas

Director Jonah Feingold has recently been dealing with the screwy ways of love, helming such romantic comedies as “Dating & New York” and “At Midnight.” He’s not straying far from career interests with “EXmas,” taking the dangers of mutual attraction to the holiday season with this Christmas-themed endeavor, which oversees the troubles and trickery of exes suddenly facing each other again during a holiday break. Screenwriter Dan Steele doesn’t have a large imagination for “EXmas,” mostly sticking with formula for the effort, which isn’t big on warm feelings or laughs, only finding intermittent charms as routine largely drives the viewing experience. Surprises are not present in the feature, which tries hard to be amusing, even wacky, but little here catches fire, despite a clear push to present Christmas tingles and silliness. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com