A Very Murray Christmas

  • 2015


MOVIE IS substantial infectious musical tolerable deceptively
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Positive Reviews 29
Negative reviews 9
Average Rating 3.2/5
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3.0
This special trades on the lifetime pass of goodwill Murray has earned, granting him the right to gather together a bunch of his fellow stars and scre .. Av Club
2.0
The funniest thing about A Very Murray Christmas is the very idea of it. EW
3.5
Netflixs A Very Murray Christmas Nails Its Target Audience December 2, 2015 | Theres something to be said for giving an audience exactly what it wants .. Rogerebert
3.0
On the one hand, its very much your classic throwback to the early days of live Christmas shows. Indie Wire
3.5
If the weather outside is frightful (or even if its tolerable), there are worse ways to spend a holiday season hour than with Murray and his glamorous .. Variety
3.0
If minimal in substance, Netflixs new holiday special is overstuffed in tinseltown big wigs. We Got This Covered
3.5
Sitting down to actually watch it start to finish might leave you dazed and confused, but its great to have on while trimming the tree. If they releas .. The Guardian
4.4
But it replaces Lost in Translations endless neon encrusted cityscapes with a deceptively warm aesthetic and cramped hotel kitchens and bars.
2.5
Yet it never feels exactly right.This might be a technological matter that, for once, gives the advantage to old fashioned television the kind you plu ..
5.0
The Netflix musical variety special A Very Murray Christmas doesnt amount to much, yet its sublime; maybe its sublime because it shows no evidence of .. Vulture
3.5
A Very Murray Christmas is a boozy, snarky, melancholic gathering spiked with welcome whimsy, quirky celebrity cameos and effective doses of Yuletide .. The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
In The Judy Garland Christmas Show of 1963, an early example of what soon became a genre, Garland has a duet with Mel Torme. The New York Times
3.2
As it is A Very Murray Christmas wants to come off as unique and effortless as its host, simultaneously sad, pensive, spirited and off the cuff, but t .. Paste Magazine
3.5
Its actually quite funny) that stands as the specials final hurrah. IGN
4.0
The bluesy, mildly sardonic tone will make A Very Murray Christmas a welcome perennial for those who resent the seasons omnipresence, its commercialis .. E Film Critic
2.0
How much fun is all this.As much fun as being the only sober inhabitant of a bar populated by rich, drunk, ironic show offs deliberately singing off k .. Telegraph
1.5
Clearly Murray, a performer known for only doing things he really wants to do, misses at least the festive version of the variety show genre.
4.5
The result is undeniably offbeat and perhaps most appealing because of its off center tastes. Screen Rant
3.5
Ah, the holiday season is upon us. And perhaps the best way to usher it in is with a drunk Bill Murray. Philly
1.5
This movie seemed like Bill Murrays character from Aloha gets his own Christmas special. You Tube
4.5
When everyones gathering around the piano to sing The Pogues Fairytale of New York, or when Coppolas filming Murray looking out over a beautifully chi .. Rolling Stone
2.5
Given the sizeable talents involved and the brilliant idea of re booting the celebrity holiday special, I was expecting more. Decider
3.0
This wont appeal to all viewers, and I suspect not even most viewers. News Day
3.8
This is the show at its best, effectively balancing wry humor with a straightforward affection for the Christmas songbook (the regular one, not some h .. New York Post
3.5
But it expands from there, in a way thats clever and enjoyable enough not to spoil by describing it in advance. Npr
4.5
SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS) JENNY LEWIS: (As character, singing) I really cant stay. Npr
2.0
Its a fun idea in a knowing way, but it does not seem like the production involved excessive attention to rehearsal/rewriting/editing, so the bits oft .. Slate
2.0
The fun all of these major celebrities are having isnt very infectious to the audience. This is clearly more entertaining for them that it is to us Flickering Myth
3.5
The special is acting out a pose of woozy self regard, sure, but it represents a commitment to a point of view more sustained than many single hours I .. Time
2.5
But still, more wit, more deliberately heightened absurdity, and more honest feeling would have helped a lot.Those longing for a rando holiday classic .. Boston Globe
3.5
Is it a postmodern take on those old school Perry Como and Bing Crosby Christmas specials Uproxx
3.0
Though Coppolas sharp compositional framing is often enchanting, her visuals are in service of such half baked nonsense that their charm quickly evapo .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
Its mildly amusing at times but mainly just wildly self indulgent. Las Vegas Weekly
1.5
This is Hollywood, once again taking solipsistic delight in laughing at itself. The Atlantic
3.0
So this Netflix original holiday special, molded in the corny form of television holiday specials past, is something of a perseverance test.Can you ma .. Detroit News
3.5
The result is an affectionate homage to a format that may be alien to younger viewers, but provides a consistent batch of offbeat humor and novel rend .. Ner Dist
2.5
But any viewer who likes Murrays act extreme self effacement punctuated by deadpan brilliance; disaffection duking it out with a desire for sincerity .. Tamp A Bay
5.0
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who think a Bill Murray hosted musical Christmas special is the greatest idea since the invention of .. Wsj
2.0
Theres nothing too bad about any of this, theres a gentle amiability to its tone. The Skinny
3.5
All in all, while not an absolutely great Christmas special since it struggles to find its footing at times plot wise, its worth watching for the cele .. Under The Radar Mag
2.5
Its fine for the special to be made up of individual bitslike Chris Rocks stand out moment as an unwilling participant in a bad duet who flees at the .. Lainey Gossip
3.5
In an oddly refreshing display of truthful advertising, the new holiday TV offering A Very Murray Christmas delivers exactly what its title promises. Winnipeg Free Press
3.5
You could say a few of the jokes are silly and a few of the musical moments go on too long (that Clooney Murray rap interlude could have been snipped) .. Yahoo
2.0
The whole idea of Bill Murray is that hes funny when hes not trying to be, and that his persona works best when scored against substantial narratives .. Patrick Nabarro
3.5
And its true: The production values are not high. The transitions are awkward. The scripted jokes do not land. The actors seem unrehearsed. Many of th .. Vogue
2.5
The intended audience for A Very Murray Christmas appears to be hipsters and others who loathe sentimental Christmas specials because this pretty much .. Communityvoices Post Gazet ..



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