Looking for a holiday film that captures the spirit of the season? This ain’t it. Check out this review of KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS to find out why this could very well be the worst holiday movie in this history of mankind.
KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS (2016)
DIRECTOR: Darren Doane
STARRING: Kirk Cameron, Darren Doane and Bridgette Cameron
PLOT: Kirk’s sister’s annual Christmas party is about to be ruined by his brother-in-law Christian, and Kirk realizes he has to show Christian how important Christ is to the holiday season.
THIS IS ONE BAD MOVIE
Boring, sanctimonious, amateurish, insulting, totally uncinematic in every way, shape, or form.
I don’t say this lightly, but KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS may very well be the worst film I’ve ever seen, a title previously held by the horrible Whoopi Goldberg drama CLARA’S HEART and the woefully unfunny Danny Glover/Martin Short comedy PURE LUCK.
Truth be told, I expected this to be bad. After all, it won four Razzie Awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actor. But the sheer ineptitude in concept and execution is almost staggeringly unbelievable. It almost reminds me of one of those horrid Super-8 educational movies we had to watch in middle school like “You, Me, and the Honeybee”.
THE PLOT OF KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS
The plot can literally be shared in one sentence. Kirk Cameron sits in a truck with his brother-in-law and convinces him that materialism and gluttony are Biblical. That’s it. I kid you not. And then it ends with the most awkward, uncomfortable, out-of-nowhere dance scene that I’ve ever witnessed.
I don’t know what more to say. I’m still kinda numb from the experience, and I first watched it years ago.
THIS IS A VANITY PROJECT
I believe Mr. Cameron thought his heart was in the right place, but I’m just not sure of his mind and his judgment and certainly his ego. This may be the biggest vanity project ever captured on celluloid. He is filmed toward the end of the film bathed in a backlight as if he were the archangel Gabriel himself. Don’t believe me? Take a look.
The scenes with Cameron and his brother-in-law, played by the film’s director Darren Doane as if he were auditioning for the worst episode of “Saturday Night Live” you’ve ever seen, are like being stuck with Dr. Phil in an elevator.
The film’s scant 80 minute running time feels like the entirety of Advent. There is not a true emotion or genuine moment in this jaw-dropping catastrophe.
I could go on, but I should really scour my oven burner drip pans or something beneficial to the universe like that.
Avoid this film like the plague, like all the plagues put together.
RATING: 0 out of *****
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