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Almost Christmas (2016)

★ 6.0 · 391 ratings on TMDB

Five days together? Oh joy.

Almost Christmas poster★ 6.0

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.

DirectorDavid E. Talbert
CastDanny Glover, Gabrielle Union, JB Smoove, Jessie T. Usher, John Michael Higgins, Kimberly Elise
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Almost Christmas keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Shared director or cast.

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