Almost Christmas Page #4

Synopsis: A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): David E. Talbert
Production: Will Packer Productions
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
PG-13
Year:
2016
111 min
$41,715,860
Website
1,799 Views


Right, baby? Oh!

Anything in the kitchen to eat?

Aunt May's putting

something together to eat.

Why does that sound like

a terrorist threat to me?

Say another damn thing, Lonnie!

Your ass is whooped in here tonight!

I'm going to make sure these

two don't kill each other.

Granddad! Can we please

turn on rooftop Santa?

When are we going to turn it on?

I'm sorry, buddy, but I couldn't

get it to work this year.

Oh! You know, when I left the

league, I dabbled in electronics.

You know what that means?

That means I'm going to have

that Santa working in no time.

Ding, ding, ding!

Thanks, Uncle Lonnie!

Uncle Lonnie's going

to fix rooftop Santa!

You worked

two weeks at Best Buy.

You're right.

But I worked like a dog!

If I do my math right, that's

like 14 weeks in dog years.

I left that place barking.

They will never forget

Lonnie Maclay.

Uh-oh! Auntie May,

I smell that food.

Uh-oh. Wait a minute.

I'm in the bathroom!

He's a regular Renaissance man.

You should be so proud.

Well, why don't you all

get settled in?

I have to run down to the shelter.

I'll be back in a minute.

Do you want me

to come with you, Daddy?

No, no, no.

Yeah, no. I'll come.

No, no, no.

You two, you connect up.

You haven't seen each other,

I don't know when.

I'll be back, okay?

Love you both.

Walter?

Hi!

Oh. Good.

My goodness!

It's so good to have you here.

Oh, boy.

Christmas would not be

Christmas without you.

And my Grace, you couldn't

drag her away from here.

Remember when

the lights went out?

Yeah, the lights went out. You

know I'm scared of the dark.

We tried to find

candles everywhere.

Everything.

I'm telling you, you and Grace

were my best friends.

I know.

I've missed you guys so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Hey, Walter.

All right.

Thank you. I have something for you.

Okay.

I do.

Grace had it framed

and she didn't have a chance

to give it to you.

Who knew her sweet heart

would give out so suddenly?

She's so beautiful.

I'll be right back.

All right.

Hi, kids! Don't forget, we have

finger painting later today.

Wow.

You sure are fine, girl.

I don't look that bad either.

Sorry it took so long for dinner.

I hope y'all ready.

I figured y'all would be hungry

from all that traveling,

so I put a little something

together for y'all.

You shouldn't have.

You didn't have to go through

all that trouble, Aunt May.

Baby, this is no trouble at all.

Now y'all are my family.

And this right here,

this is my spiced mung bean

winter casserole.

Got that from Ike

and Tina Turner, 1972.

And right here,

this is my Korean dry, squid

salad with authentic kimchi.

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David E. Talbert

David E. Talbert (born February 10, 1966) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He is a graduate of Morgan State University and attended the New York University film program. Talbert has won numerous NAACP awards for his work The Fabric of a Man, and a New York Literary Award in 2007 for his musical, Love in the Nick of Tyme. Talbert has also produced a television reality show, Black Stage, in which actors and singers compete to win a part in one of his plays. Talbert's first film, First Sunday, was released in 2008. The film stars Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan and Katt Williams. more…

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