They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together gone off-piste?!
Asa Butterfield
James
Cora Kirk
Hayley
Alex Jennings
Humphrey
Angela Griffin
Kath
Daniel Mays
Geoff
Jane Krakowski
Diane
Rhea Norwood
Bea
David Bradley
Jack
Natalie Gumede
Kaye
Ram John Holder
Grandad
Karl Markovics
Rudolf / Rudolf's Brother
Simon Hatzl
Gerhard
Franz Xaver Zach
Josef
Christopher Sherwood
Skier
Franz-Xaver Zeller
MC
Anna Behne
Air Host
Rutvig Vaid
Sameer (Airport Traveller)
Director
Jim O'Hanlon
Writer
Tom Parry
December 10, 2023
6
I was quite surprised that Jim O'Hanlon managed to pretty much reassemble the entire cast from the first of these harmless Christmas comedies and this time, take them all off to Austria for a seasonal snow-fest. Of course, things go wrong from the start with the posh "Hughes" family ending up in a rather basic log cabin whilst "Hayley" (Cora Kirk) and the Macclesfield massive end up in five star luxury. This sets the scene for a few escapades as the socially ill-matched families have to make the best of their differences whilst "James" (Asa Butterfield) plucks up some courage. The original film had something natural to it, this is way more contrived. Saving the bitchiness of "Diane" (Jane Krakowski) who has latched onto "Lord Humphrey" (Alex Jennings) and extols all the virtues of a kale-smoothie swilling, name dropping health nut, the rest of the story rather stutters along based on a few trivial misunderstandings and a rather menacing chocaholic black ram! There isn't really much chemistry between Butterfield and Kirk either, and by half way through this was heading down the slopes as quickly as Franz Klammer. It's easy to watch festive fodder, but I doubt you will recall watching it half an hour after Krakowski closes the show with "Wish it Could be Christmas..."
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00