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Hello Cinephiles,
Today we’re talking about the 2021 film A Clüsterfünke Christmas.
Story
This tried really hard to be every Christmas movie in one but it sort of missed the point and the heart of the genre.
Score: 0
Characters
The characters were hilarious. They were stereotypes of stereotypes. Unfortunately, that didn’t make them all that interesting beyond a few gags.
Score: 0.5
Dialogue
This was stilted even for a satire of a stitled genre. Other than the gags and wordplay, which sometimes came off as a CollegeHumour skit gone too long, the dialogue wasn’t great.
Score: 0.5
Visuals and Music
Over the top visuals with some surprisingly good sets and costume design.
The music was sufficiently cheesy and played well for gags.
Score: 0.5
Fun
When the wordplay or satire hit this was a lot of fun, but it really didn’t make me care about the characters or want to see how it ends.
My mother in-law was not impressed and the three year old was bored.
Score: 0.5
Overall
A valiant attempt at satirizing Christmas movies which doesn’t succeed at doing more then pointing out things about other movies. There were a few really good jokes, but it didn’t have heart or wonder.
Save yourself the trouble and watch A Christmas Movie Christmas instead.
Final Score: 2 Stars out of 5