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Overrated and overhyped

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

This film misses the mark on every level. It takes Groundhog Day, removes the majority of the humour (I think I laughed few times but not really at the jokes), the acting ability, the emotional connection to characters, basically anything positive. People are being nice to this movie mainly because it is a Christmas film, and I understand that (I love Xmas pop music in spite of how good it is). However, this is just too shockingly bad. When Kevin is meant to have learned his lesson and is being nice he comes across as smarmy and worse than before. His wife (who appears to be about 20 years his senior) seems to have gotten on with her life and has a new boyfriend who seems very nice. What becomes of him at the end of this long, mishmash of a movie? Who cares, because Kev got his way in the end - woop. Writing about the film makes me want to eat my own fists so I'll end it here - just don't watch it unless, like me, you have a soft spot for mocking terrible films with friends.

An obvious "do-over" of Groundhog's Day, where a foolish man is shown the error of his ways by being doomed to repeat a day again and again (this time Christmas), until he gets the message and changes. This movie can be difficult to watch, unless you enjoy an anti-hero with no apparent redeeming qualities.There's a vague parallel to Scrooge, too, except in Scrooge's case you rapidly learn that there's a great deal of suffering in his heart, and there is a good man locked inside somewhere. When confronted with the truth about himself, he repents, and changes. No such case in "Do-Over."Why his ex and her folks put up with this vile self-absorbed slimeball on Christmas is anyone's guess. All he does is create trouble and make a jerk of himself, hurling sarcastic mockeries at anyone in sight. He shows no human feeling or positive qualities, at all. Why does his kid want him around? From action that occurs early on, you learn even his kid means nothing to him. Even when magic steps in and locks him in this endless cycle, he still doesn't learn. Instead, he exploits the process to hurt everyone even more. Naturally, he gets in fist fights with Christmas icons such as Santa Claus and a Nativity scene Joseph. His self confrontation process is painfully slow, if it occurs at all. It appears he manipulates events only for the selfish intent of escaping the do-over cycle.The only value to the movie are the performances of the victims of this guy--they are really an endearing bunch of people, endowed with patience and kindness that gives the movie what level of Christmas cheer it does have. A nice cast overall; I liked all the family members. Even the actor playing the jerk is good; too bad the script didn't give him something better to work with.If you find mean-spirited thugs funny, you'll find this guy hilarious. He makes Scrooge and the Grinch seem like Santa's elves by comparison. However, if you want a movie with a cheerful, positive Christmas spirit, see "Miracle on 34th St.," "Wonderful Life," or "Scrooge." But not this.

Help me, maybe I am missing something. At the Christmas fair, the display by a "religious" family appeared to be the Nativity scene. A woman, portraying Mary I guess, was pretending to hold a baby. A large adult male, with a fake beard, jumped from the display and fought with Kevin. The Conlon family screamed about fighting with Jesus. OK, if the display was the Nativity, then Jesus would be the infant in Mary's arms, not a large adult male. Wasn't Kevin actually fighting with the character of Joseph? Or did this particular Nativity include a time-warp like the Christmas Do-Over movie and both the infant Jesus and the adult Jesus appeared at the same time? Was the reference to Jesus a blooper, intentional or just an instance of Christmas and Biblical ignorance?

I'm watching it now. It's fun, but so much a copy of Ground Hog Day that I find it surprising that the producers haven't been sued for copyright infringement.So, as I watch this, I can know how the central character in each of these feels. Deja vu all over again.Perhaps you could say that this movie is unique in that it's about a different holiday, has different characters, but that's about it. And, since I can't remember how the Bill Murray character got out of the loop, maybe I'll be surprised and find that this guy solves it in a different way.