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Even though this movie has a plot that we are familiar with, I did not know what it was going to do with the idea or how it was going to be executed. This movie is a standard bad movie, which was interesting for me to watch in the original Spanish language with English subtitles on Netflix.

The acting in the movie is ok but could have been better, even though they were doing the best they could with what they were given. The main character starts out unlikable, which is understandable, but he starts to get annoying and hard to watch as the movie goes on.

When the movie started, I was confused by what they were starting with and how it was being shown, but also because it did not fit with the rest of the movie. The other characters will at times be fine but also give weird and unlikable performances that I did not like.

There is one character in the movie I thought was weird and was annoyed when it looked like he was messing with the main character for no reason. When the ending came, I did not feel a progression in the main character on him liking Christmas more and treating his family better because of how it wrapped up in the end.

I did not like this movie that much but at least they tried something different, but it did not work out that well. I will not recommend this Christmas movie when you should watch much better Christmas movies.

I wouldn't touch this movie with a thirty nine and a half foot pole. This was an extremely bad movie from beginning to end. The wife's character was hideous. This is a perfect example of how remakes are not always good. The acting was really bad from almost everyone. The new social issues were laughable and the solution was thoughtless. Look like they did not know what they wanted to make. They had a concept from a really good movie and ruined it by applying their own brain. The movie was not only bad but it was unwatchable. I stopped my self from skipping the movie almost every time because almost each and every scene was getting under my skin.

This is a movie that lives up to expectations: from the insufferable opening credits sequence you know it will be a mess, as well as eternal, even using the FF key. It seems that they put all the clichés of famous holiday movies (Christmas Carol, the Grinch, Scrooge, Christmas Vacation, etc) in a blender and the result is nonsense: the protagonist is condemned to have his groundhog day (in this case, Christmas) repeated every day, but at the same time the years go by and it is not understood. Mexicans confuse the comedy genre with terror: they fill the screen with obnoxious and overacting characters, and one is left waiting for the Freddy Kruger or Jason on duty to appear and do justice.

Wow I think all the grumps reviewing this badly need to rewatch and actually catch the lesson. Everyone I know who hates it is exactly the kind of Chuy who never learned. The acting, though not what American audiences are used to, is great. The story is a classic redemption story that shows what Christmas is all about. And Diva Godmother is absolutely the most fun godmother I've ever seen. (Seriously, considering how I can recreate their tinsel outfit rn) This movie is absolutely being added to my yearly Christmas watch list. You all grinches can complain about the story or acting or costumes in a way that is clearly saying you don't like the non-American Christmas movie but I loved it, I see it, and I hear what it's saying.

No pun intended - it seems like this year .. or rather this Christmas there are a lot of Christmas themed movies. While I did enjoy the horror one (Christmas Bloody Christmas) and had a lot of fun with Violent Night (will not replace Die Hard, but definitely an instant classic) ... there are other movies like this one ... not a bad movie. But also quite predictable to say the least.

You can have fun with this and I would expect you to know what you let yourself into. There are a lot more Christmas themed movies but I will try to avoid them ... seen enough for this (holiday) season. The theme being the same ... well there is another pun for you ... but I'd prefer a punch .... wait that does not mean what I think it means ... does it? All kidding aside, there are worse movies out there ... but also a lot better ones.