Easily my favorite Spielberg / Hanks Collab

Rating: 9/10 (26 September 2019)

This is easily my favorite Hanks / Spielberg collaboration, & maybe the funniest film in Spielberg's history. A wonderfully written Christmas movie that perfectly encapsulates the disillusionment of material wealth in lieu of loving, familial connection. It's a more empathetic version of Spielberg's usual father-issues motif, though the child still struggles with his father's selfishly poor decisions. DiCaprio & Hanks are super good, but my MVP is Walken, turning in a performance as sad as it is charismatic.