Irish-American Christmas
Let me start by saying to the reviewers complaining about the profanity and brief sex scene, I have no idea what else you were expecting. 'The Fitzgerald Family Christmas' is a very loose continuation to Burns' 1995 indie 'The Brothers McMullen', neither of which are made for children. Moral? Don't always expect all holiday movies to be wholesome family fun in the tradition of 'A Christmas Carol' etc!
Gerald "Gerry" Fitzgerald (Burns) is a blue-collar Queens mick trying to gather his dysfunctional siblings together for a very special occasion: their father, who abandoned them many years ago, wants to spend Christmas with his family this time around. We find out the primary reason is he has something big to tell them, which may or may not go very well given the cicumstances. The refreshing return of the Burns/McGlone-as-brothers combination is great. Burns' Fitzgerald is basically an older and more mature version of his previous Barry McMullen, minus the sexual hang-ups and...
this is the way to make a movie
love this movie - love all of ed burn's movies. very personal, realistic, touching, acrimonious - just like every family. burns knows how to make a movie personal and brings you in so you almost believe it could be your family. he let's you be a part of every movie he makes.
Gotta be Irish
Edward burns nails the Irish american experience. Maybe you have to have experienced it to love this movie. I wish I could get it on DVD.
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