The 12 Days of Christmas Eve

I needed to kick start my holiday spirit a bit so I decided to watch a movie last night. Under no circumstance, I repeat, only under the direct threat of bodily duress should you watch this dreck. It's a direct-to-tv remake of a 2004 film which is yet another addition to the tired team of lazy writers who continue to beat up poor, old tropes.

1/3 Scrooge, 1/3 Groundhog Day and 1/3 total shite, this movie could only be explained as a vehicle for Kelsey Grammar to showcase his daughter's acting - perhaps a "living audition". The sad takeaway is that no one viewing this catastrophe would ever permit her on film again.

Set aside the horrific green-screened scenes, the absolutely bottom-of-the-barrel "computer animation" and writing so tired it's wearing a kerchief and cap, there is nothing that could have saved this steaming cup of Christmas tripe.

I'll leave it with this, the main character uttering the lines "I want that report on my desk by end of day today and I don't care if you have to work all night". Let that math sink in.

If you're a fan of vapid holiday drivel - where the saccharine machine of the Hallmark Channel churn out the same dull, predictable holly-jolly pablum you MAY enjoy this "film".

I'm betting the Christmas Tree Farm against it ...