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An Exercise In Nonsense

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas stars alongside Jessica Biel in this delightful yuletide story and although the plot is quite diaphanous (sometimes far-fetched) it is quite enjoyable to watch, if you just forget about those moments. The overall theme of the film is a 'finding the way' road trip where our star Jake (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is inspired to make his way home before Christmas Day so that he can get the Porsche from his Dad, the car that he has always wanted. Through-out the movie as soon as you think he will make it home, something else gets in the way but because he is so resourceful he manages to overcome those obstacles, sometimes even breaking the law! Eventually Jake finds out that it's not about making it home on time to get the Porsche but that he spends the time with his family instead, something that he has tried to avoid - yes kind of corny and cliché.The story is just endearing, it combines sentiment with age-appropriate humour and it's just a great movie to watch at the end of the year. Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel manage to hold the film together with their strong performances, but sometimes you must unplug your brain and forget about certain parts because they are just too implausible. Overall an enjoyable Christmas movie.

I'll be Home for Christmas (1998): Dir: Arlene Sanford / Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Gary Cole, Adam LaVorgna, Andrew Lauer: Idiotic holiday adventure that ranks right up there with Jingle All the Way as nerve wrecking stupidity. The title represents promise, which Jonathan Taylor Thomas does when his father invites him home from college promising a Porsche if he arrives by 6:00 on a particular date. He is off and running until his peers beat him up. They are angry with regards to an exam that he was suppose to help them cheat on. He wakes up in the desert wearing a Santa Claus suit. The rest is your basic road movie as he encounters strange people on his way home. Oh yeah. On a side note, his worst enemy is driving his girlfriend home. Directed by Arlene Sanford who had no better success with A Very Brady Sequel. This ranks as one of the worst of holiday films, with the handling of Thomas's rival proving mean-spirited. Thomas looks like the bunt of a bad joke. Jessica Biel recites her Seventh Heaven role, not to mention that her good girl image here is as predictable as any other in similar roles. Gary Cole is reduced to sitting at home and waiting. Perhaps he is waiting for a better script to arrive. Andrew Lauer plays a thief whom Thomas encounters on his hideous venture home. The result is an unnerving pile of road kill. Score: 1 / 10

I'll Be Home For Christmas is a very mediocre and lazy film. The acting is pretty much laughable and very poor. The script and dialogue is embarrassingly bad and disappointing . I mean Adam LaVorgna is pretty nice to look at, and I did enjoy his character, but that's really the only character I liked. Heck, the best scene in the entire film is where Eddie comes out shirtless and gets his towel taken from him lol. But anyways, back to the actual movie, basically this movie is just a bunch of stupid sight gags that end up falling flat, peppered with some pretty bad acting. There's not a whole lot more to it then that, it's poorly made, dumb, and not entertaining in the least. I was expecting a good bit more once I saw the wait Disney logo on the cover. Also, the main character is kind of a jackass, I couldn't stand his character or his attitude. 3/10 simply because I loved looking at Adam LaVorgna, but that's really it's ONLY saving grace.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Also spoiler alert: If you were like me and thought "Jessica Biel. At least she's hot." This was before that time. A poem to describe this movie's awfulness (to take up the 10 line minimum):Jessica Biel is not hot. This movie was really good - not! Jonathan Taylor Thomas did not age well, His acting to be honest was less than well, Should have stuck with home improvement You will not watch this movie without any movement. Everyone in this movie acted poor, jeez this movie was such a bore! This is not a reason, to look forward to the holiday season. A word of advice, don't waste your time, Oh, look! I've finally hit the minimum of ten lines!