It wouldn’t be the holiday season without a Christmas comedy in which someone is frustrated, angry, or miserable about Yuletide cheer, crass commercialism, or familial dysfunction.

For Texas matriarch Claire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer), it’s the last of those which proves vexing, albeit not as much as the fact that her clan takes for granted her yeoman’s efforts to make this time of year joyous. Nonetheless, there’s little to appreciate about Michael Showalter’s film (December 3, Prime Video), whose you-go-mom spirit is undercut by a mirthless grab bag of bickering, ungratefulness, and betrayal. The charismatic Pfeiffer deserves much, much better than this soggy stocking stuffer.

As Claire explains over a cutesy shot of VHS tapes, most Christmas movies are about men, be it Christmas Va

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