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Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

2011 · 80 min

A zany, warm-hearted holiday road trip full of slapstick detours and family squabbles that resolve into cozy Christmas cheer.

Directed by
Arlene Sanford
Genres
Comedy, Family, Drama
Starring
Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Jason Dolley
Tagline
For the Duncan family, Christmas is about to take a major detour.
Overview
Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they try to hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a seemingly normal older couple in a station wagon from Roswell, New Mexico. It turns out that the couple believes they are the victims of alien abduction. The Duncan's must resort to purchasing a clunker Yugo to get to Utah, have their luggage stolen in Las Vegas, and survive a zany Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Blankenhooper.

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Directed by
Arlene Sanford
Genres
Comedy, Family, Drama
Starring
Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Jason Dolley
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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