Has it been a year already?!

Rating: 5/10 (22 December 2019)

Top notch cast, Richard Curtis, Christmas theme...what could possibly go wrong? Firstly, unnecessary expletives doth not a masterpiece make. Second, the whole thing just feels overly contrived, it just doesn't feel 'real'. As for the Neeson/kid relationship...well need I say more. I'd have just taken that whole subplot and left it on the cutting room floor...
Only saving graces were Rowan Atkinson as the shop assistant, and of course the great Alan Rickman....