Talentville coverage for A Lot Like Christmas (6-2012)

A Lot Like Christmas is a family comedy about an ambitious workaholic who loses his job days before Christmas and is in danger of losing his family if he doesn’t get home in time. The script feels like a predictable cross between Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and I’ll be Home for Christmas. Its humor consists mostly of vignettes as James is stranded in Wisconsin with his credit cards cancelled and a pittance of cash and is forced to accept help from an eclectic group of characters all in an effort to get home to save his family. While the premise is solidly comic if not trite, it feels like the humor here could still be dialed up a notch or two. This project starts with a very workable premise and has the potential to make audiences laugh with over-the-top supporting characters and ridiculous vignettes, however further tweaks in the plot and development of characters need to be implemented to bring out the full potential of this script.