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Nothing Like the Holidays

2008 · 98 min

A warm, crowded family holiday that swings between bickering and tenderness, like a real Christmas dinner with too many opinions.

Directed by
Alfredo De Villa
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
They’re just a typical American family. Minus the typical.
Overview
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.

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Directed by
Alfredo De Villa
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • guilt
  • love
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Alfredo De Villa
Written by
Alison Swan, Rick Najera
Starring
Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Peña, Freddy Rodríguez, Luis Guzmán, Jay Hernandez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Vanessa Ferlito
Music
Paul Oakenfold
Cinematography
Scott Kevan
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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