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Christmas Do-Over

(2006, Rated NR, Comedy, Starring Jay Mohr, Daphne Zuniga, David Millbern)
  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Groundhog Day, holiday style.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Throughout much of the movie, the main character exhibits selfish, juvenile behavior that negatively affects everyone around him, including his young son. While it's obvious that he loves his kid, he rarely puts the boy's feelings above his own. However, through a lengthy process of trial and error, he realizes his flaws and figures out how to change his life for the better.
  • Violence:

    One scene shows a frustrated character starting a fist fight that becomes a full-fledged brawl, but no injuries ensue. In another, he takes his anger out on a robotic Santa that annoys him. There's lots of mild peril (slips, falls, some groin-related impact, and one scene that implies an explosion), but it's all played for humor, and lasting injuries are limited to casted limbs.
  • Sex:

    A few innuendoes (like a character falling on a toppled plastic snowman and quipping "call me later" as he gets up). One character frequently pinches another's bottom, and one brief kissing scene is replayed a few times.
  • Language:

    "Jackass" is used lots of times, and "damn" and "hell" are heard less frequently.
  • Consumerism:

    One toy is obviously a spin-off of the Easy Bake Oven.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Adults drink wine with dinner, and one scene shows two characters drinking as they mull over past regrets. One character gives a bottle of alcohol to another, saying "liquor is quicker."
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Christmas Do-Over

Parents need to know that the main character in this made-for-TV movie is a woefully immature guy whose many character flaws have cost him his wife and young son. He often resorts to his juvenile ways to cope with his unhappiness, taking out his frustration on those around him with sarcastic remarks, practical jokes designed to make his ex-wife's boyfriend look like a fool, and more than a few punches thrown at people and objects in the path of his anger. Parents will definitely want to remind impressionable tweens that there are more effective ways to resolve conflicts.

Read our full review by Emily Ashby

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about how it might feel to do over a part of your past. Kids, if you could redo any day of your life, which would it be, and what would you change about it? How have the lessons you've learned in your life changed how you look at past actions?

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