Somewhere into this movie my mind was held captive by a vision. I was "cousin Vinny", standing in Court, while the voice of the judge, Fred Gwynne, was booming: "Mister Gambini, are you on drugs?". When I came back, I was still protesting that I have never used drugs. Yet, the producers and script writers of this movie must have been on some. Ellie and John, though quite messed up, are the only near-normal people in a world where all inhabitants behave like frantic morons or brain-damaged lunatics. It follows they are meant to be a couple. The profound silliness of this yarn in not devoid of kindness and candor, to the point that it becomes almost endearing. After all, unlike in so many pure-rubbish TV productions of the Holiday season, especially from Lifetime, in this one the farce was intentional.
Review of Christmas Down Under
