Mom's out of town and Patrick Swayze is going to have to do the shopping!? Men can't do Christmas shopping! Did mom not see Jingle All the Way? I love it when a comedy is so rock solid in its premise that it can unabashedly deliver the plot within the first five seconds.
Or so I thought! But once the mad-cap music kicks in, this film becomes an entirely different premise of kids finding a bag of money and spending it in the mall while being chased by the villainous Tim Curry (why, Tim?) and Chris Kattan (expected). Someone finally made that glorious chimera of Home Alone and Blank Check that you never asked for. What a fine debut by up-and-coming screenwriter Wanda Birdsong Shope. If this doesn't work out, her name automatically qualifies her to be a great drag queen.
Two kids, a mall, a million in cash... It sounds like these kids have a big day of shopping ahead of them! Hopefully, using this million in cash, they'll be able to buy some great gifts for their family--and don't forget to split up so you can buy some stuff for each other too,... / Continue →
When I want a Coke, I buy a Coke. I know from the label exactly what will be in a Coke, how refreshingly cool it will feel in my mouth, how sweet the high fructose corn syrup will taste on my tongue. No need to dump gallon after gallon of it over my head to remind me exactly ho... / Continue →
After Jim Carrey turned Dr. Seuss's The Grinch into a pointless, disturbing horror show, I was a little upset to learn he was teaming up with the makers of Ice Age to try it with Horton Hears a Who. Yet, somehow--probably through the voice-over of Steve Carell and the co-opted ... / Continue →
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'Christmas in Wonderland' Similar to Christmas in Derivative Hell
\n\nMom's out of town and Patrick Swayze is going to have to do the shopping!? Men can't do Christmas shopping! Did mom not see Jingle All the Way? I love it when a comedy is so rock solid in its premise that it can unabashedly deliver the plot within the first five seconds.\n\nOr so I thought! But once the mad-cap music kicks in, this film becomes an entirely different premise of kids finding a bag of money and spending it in the mall while being chased by the villainous Tim Curry (why, Tim?) and Chris Kattan (expected). Someone finally made that glorious chimera of Home Alone and Blank Check that you never asked for. What a fine debut by up-and-coming screenwriter Wanda Birdsong Shope. If this doesn't work out, her name automatically qualifies her to be a great drag queen.
