My quick rating - 1,8/10. Ok, I am going to start with the good. This is obviously a pretty happy family. I have to assume out of sheer lockdown boredom, this family downloaded all the video editing software, zoom filters, backgrounds and what not they could get their hands on and set out to create a Christian holiday picture for Christmas. But this is far better suited to be put up on their youtube page and shared with their neighbors. I am almost positive one said neighbor is in it, since the guy threatens some random for looking at his wife (whom he marries in the movie, how cute). The kids are cute, but even at times you can see the "seriously, i have to do this" look in their faces. The plot is non existent, wronged elf wants to take over xmas and get rid of Santa. So he creates some "zombies" which is a kid dressed up and acting like a robot. Not zombie nor robot, just stupid looking, to take all the toys. Ok, the bad. They think this looks good. It doesn't. The effects are absolute trash. The sound effects of shooting guns is off so bad. Heck, it is the USA, you would think a drawn out scene (in a 66 minute movie) would actually use real guns. Doesn't mean you have to shoot them, but the shotgun they use at the range? You can clearly hear the plastic when they handle the thing. And Ashley Wright (she is the brains of this whole thing) apparently recoils from gunfire sometimes before the shot, other times well after. Each scene is just the people (actors is an insult to acting) doing their scene in front of a filtered in background. Not sure green screen is the right term when you still can see that tell tale black border around the people ala the first Superman movie. The climactic ending turns into them tossing ALL the footage they had together and edited completely out of order. Might matter more if their was a story. I haven't looked but if it is on youtube, don't torture yourself. Oh, I almost forgot the rap scene. The pain of that scene is excruciating and you just know they thought they were funny. Pretentious is the best word for this whole thing. If you ever thought you could do better, trust me, you can do better than this. If you ever thought you could do better, trust me, you can do better than this.
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