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Candy Cane Lane

Candy Cane Lane

2023

Reginald Hudlin

Eddie Murphy, Nick Offerman, Jillian Bell, Danielle Pinnock ...

4.2

1,043

Comedy. Fantasy A man is on a mission to win his neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest. After Chris unwittingly makes a deal with a mischievous elf named Pepper to improve his chances of winning, she casts a magical spell where the 12 days of Christmas come to life and wreak havoc throughout the town. At the risk of ruining the holidays for his family, Chris, his wife Carol and their three children must race against time to break Pepper's ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Nate Richard Collider	"The best way to describe 'Candy Cane Lane' is like if you took the original 'Jumanji' movie and covered it with tinsel and Christmas ornaments. It's mildly clever, but not to the level that it thinks it is"	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"'Candy Cane Lane' is harmless but teeters on the brink of being quite terrible (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"The bizarro plot might help 'Candy Cane Lane' stand out from the bland, busy crowd of new seasonal movies but it's just as limp and lacking in spirit as the rest of them (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"The main thing to say about 'Candy Cane Lane' is that Eddie Murphy is funny in it (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Pete Hammond Deadline	"This one is tailor-made for Murphy's talents, a comic actor who manages to keep it real and grounded without careening totally out of control"	NEU
United States	Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"The narrative careens through uncompelling territory before ending on a forgettable note"	NEG
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"This movie is far from tedious, but it could have been tighter and more focused on laughs"	NEU
United States	Maddy Casale Decider	"[It] starts fun and jolly but eventually grows a bit too complicated and a little too long, leaving you waiting for it all to end"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A cozy and rather loopy Christmas movie"	NEU
Canada	Patrice Witherspoon Screen Rant	"It takes on its real-life inspiration with creativity and glee. This family-friendly feature captures the magic of Christmas with fun (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Amanda Guarragi Ready Steady Cut	"It is a fun family holiday film with a refreshing concept that hasn’t been done before. A fantasy comedy that definitely delivers on the magic (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Marya E. Gates rogerebert.com	"Regardless of its shortcomings, 'Candy Cane Lane' is a frenzied family friendly film as overstuffed as a Christmas stocking, as nutty as a chestnut, and, ultimately, as warm as an open fire (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"[It] isn't a chore or a travesty or anything. But certainly, it’s less than Murphy deserves (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"You want to see Eddie Murphy surrounded by some Christmas-themed silliness. And on that score, it’s fine enough, but destined for regifting"	NEU
United Kingdom	James Dyer Empire	"A madcap medley of deranged ideas that somehow manage to coalesce into a messy but half-decent Crimbo comedy (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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