When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.
A Christmas Tale has generally received positive reviews.
Review of A Christmas Tale (2008)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 18 Aug 2016
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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Apr 2014
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Review of A Christmas Tale (2008)
By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 19 Sep 2017
Review of A Christmas Tale (2008)
By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Mar 2017
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Review of A Christmas Tale (2008)
By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 21 Dec 2017
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A Christmas Tale was released in 2008 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 42 reviews, giving A Christmas Tale (2008) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 68%. Professional critics were more impressed with A Christmas Tale than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 72%, A Christmas Tale is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like Taken, The Reader and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
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