Saving Christmas (2014), PG, No star rating

Kirk Cameron's dancing, because, he's getting a paycheck, I think.

So, Saving Christmas is not going to save my bad mood while writing this brief review because frankly, this movie does not deserve a lengthy review. However, now I know, after watching this movie, what is the worst Christmas film ever? I thought last year's A Madea Christmas was garbage, but there is room underneath that garbage, and it is crap. It does not deserve to be called compost, because it is recyclable.

The movie starts with Kirk (Kirk Cameron) sitting in a great living room with so much Christmas flair than a full decorated Macy's department store. He starts narrating that materialistic goods and commercialism take over Christmas and not focus on what the holiday is really about, such as family and the birth of Jesus. He's looking to save Christmas from a Christian point of view. I understand that all valued items are not all that, but, I did not want to see a 90-minute lecture about his beliefs and point of view. I can just explain it in one sentence at a party and that's it. This movie is just fluff.

It has a jumbled narrative, a disjointed story, unmemorable characters, and an inept ending with a dance-number and slow-motion choreography that made me want to rip my eye sockets off. This is the epitome of a lump of coal from the cinema. Everybody in the audience is asking, "Why and how did you get the money for this?" This is NOT the right movie to explain the commercialism and Christian beliefs in one manner. This movie is dense, inept, ridiculous hodgepodge that, for the first time ever, does not deserve a star rating.

It is so apocalyptic that it does not deserve to be mentioned in my "worst 10 films of 2014" list next month. It is just a lecture, it's not even a movie. This movie is in another category all on its own. Granted, later in time, I may have to slip this in the worst films of all time. But, for now, I am going to end on a positive note, just do yourself a favor, run from this movie like it is a plague and watch It's a Wonderful Life instead.

No star rating

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