
Not What I Expected
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Last year my husband and I purchased this film after reading several of its favorable reviews. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to any of them. It's general theme is of a man bringing his fiancee home to meet his family at Christmas during which they spend the entire time making fun of her while she compulsively obsesses over making a good impression. Of course, everything goes wrong as in well-crafted comedies although it just doesn't work in this Christmas farce. The family seems to have a general condescending attitude right from the first meeting, and who needs Diane Keaton dying of breast cancer in a holiday movie? The only saving grace is Luke Wilson whose kind gestures and eventual attraction towards the badly-shaken fiancee is such good acting that you're almost tempted to forget the rest of this disappointing film. But you won't... I still haven't forgotten it! And, oh, by the way, we didn't even bother to finish it. Save your money and watch It's A Wonderful Life instead.
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