Christmas Lights (2004)
Starring Robson Green, Nicola Stephenson, Mark Benton, Maxine Peake, Keith Clifford, Nicola Headley, Lee Worswick, Denice Hope, Steve Edge, Russell Dixon, Ian Kershaw, Stuart Wolfenden, Eric Potts, David Fleeshman, Helen Moon, Alison Hammond
IHBM5
IMDb6.7
Trakt58%
TMDb5.6Average
Robson Green and Mark Benton co-star in Christmas Lights, a one-off comedy drama for ITV1 centred on two lifelong friends who have always competed with each other. The festive season brings on new challenges and takes their rivalry to extremes resulting in the two friends forgetting what Christmas is really about. Can anything bring them to their senses?
My review · Reviewed 12/03/2024
I'll start off with the obvious: this is not a Christmas movie. This is the classic "two neighbors have a battle to see who can outdo the other, and the battle is really covering up other issues". There are actually some fine actors in this movie, but the script is utter shite. After 85 minutes of a meandering storyline (and awkward attempts to bring back the battle so that this could be considered a Christmas movie), they go for very artificial tugs at the heart strings. The theme of two neighbors battling it out was already weak, but it doesn't help that this movie has been done much better in so many other films.