Those that aren't bothered by tired story elements will probably find this one passable. I think it's a matter of both keeping tradition, but of also gratefulness. In Atlanta, Georgia, the Meyers family seems to be a nice crew of people to be with around the holidays. Walter Meyer Danny Glover is a retired mechanic who lost the love of his life almost a year ago. While I wish that the November holiday got a little more attention, who can blame people from wanting to bring in the magic of the Christmas season? Tragically, Grace dies from an unspecified heart condition, making Walter question just how he can handle his old home and keeping his adult children together. But at it's best, it's inoffensive.
Finally we have youngest son Evan played by Jessie Usher who is a football star at his college. For a lot of people, the holidays mean having to visit family. One family in Almost Christmas deals with a father trying to bring his kids together without drama. As I said, actors like Danny Glover, Mo'Nique, and J. The odd feeling with family is at least some feeling as we could be in a position without any loved ones like how some people are unfortunately in that position.
I think it's safe to say that no matter who we love, there is at least one person in your family that you'd rather not speak to on a daily basis. Next is eldest son Malachi played by Romany Malco who is trying to spend time with his family while running for congress. At it's worst, its boring. Something about life seems warmer whether were selecting a tree or the living room, lighting a new candle for Chanukah, or simply wishing someone a better new year. For the holidays, he invites his now grown children and their families to his house where they all grew up for a traditional celebration. I'll give this five sweet potato pies out of ten. Walter Meyers Danny Glover is a retired automotive engineer who lost his wife, Grace Rachel Kylian one year earlier.
Walter knows that if his daughters Cheryl Kimberly Elise and Rachel Gabrielle Union and sons Christian Romany Malco and Evan Jessie Usher can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle. Our world is now dazzled in bright lights, red and green colors all over, and a chance to better relationships. We're only a week away from Thanksgiving, and yet most people seem to be planning their holiday season before they even think about turkey. This is defiantly no Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, or Elf, but this is far from even the worst. Now that the holiday season is here, he invites his four grown children and the rest of the family to his house for a traditional celebration. First to arrive is his eldest daughter Charyl played by Kimberly Elise who is a dentist and has brought her husband former basketball star Lonnie played by J.
Almost Christmas plays off like a lot of those television movies on Hallmark, which usually means that their never great. Smoove did get a laugh out of me and are enough to keep the movie going when it needs to. The movie has its moments where it's drama seems genuine, especially whenever it focuses on Danny Glover and his children. While I'd like to follow Glover, the rest of the family doesn't have much interesting. Then we have youngest daughter Cheryl played by Kimberly Elise , whose seems to be in between jobs while raining her daughter. Walter soon realizes that if his bickering children and the rest of the family can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle.
. Oh, and Grace's sister aunt May played by Mo'Nique Can Walter manage to keep the family at peace in his first Christmas without his wife? I don't have a problem with any of this, but Almost Christmas doesn't find any new ways to tell that story. The patriarch, Walter played by Danny Glover is a retried mechanic who has let his wife Grace handle the majority of the meal planning while letting their four children run amok. So why do we put a lot of focus on our family gatherings if we know that things won't change? I doubt I'll spend more time with the Meyers family, but don't see any reason for other people to join them. I don't blame it on the actors, but the script gives them cliché moments like the cheating husband, the father that works too hard, or the grief of loosing a mother.
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