The move "A Merry Friggin' Christmas" attempts to be funny but the humor isn't cute, it is almost sick. It is not a movie for the children. It is for adults only because only the adults can appreciate the humor. I do like Robin Williams and Candice Bergen, but not in this movie. This movie left me feeling really flat. Most Christmas movies make me feel good in the end, but with this one -- I'm just glad the movie ended. I guess I should have given it one star, but with Robin Williams, it does have some redeeming grace. One should spend their time elsewhere or doing something else. This movie might appeal to the 20 year old dope heads. This movie reminds me of how Beavis and Butthead might do Christmas.

"A Merry Friggin' Christmas" is a bittersweet experience, as it is one of Robin Williams's last films. Williams was a talented comedian and thespian, but tended toward unsympathetic roles late in his career, such as "The Angriest Man in Brooklyn," "World's Greatest Dad" and AMFC. Instead of employing his natural charisma to engage the audience, Williams manages to quickly alienate the viewers. Unfortunately, while Williams eventually becomes slightly more sympathetic, none of the other performers seems particularly sympathetic either. Rather than assembling a cast of quirky but likably eccentric individuals, the filmmakers present a group of weirdos and misfits whose unique personality traits are more offsetting than endearing. Their goals are ill-defined, modest to the point of irrelevance and largely unsympathetic and irrelevant. It is difficult to care about any of the characters or to sympathize with their objectives, with the exception of a couple of minor characters like the wino Santa and the service station owner. Production values are adequate. Performances are okay, but limited by poorly conceived, shallow, one-dimensional, unsympathetic characters. The moral seems lost in the confusion. It seems to have something to do with balancing childhood fantasies with the reality of growing up. In the end, the protagonist either achieves or fails to achieve his objective and the filmmakers seem to approve of the outcome, but the moral comes across as flaccid. There is one character who functions as a sort of mystical agent of change, but his impact is limited by the somewhat feeble ending. The biggest flaw concerns a gift that the protagonist claims he made himself, but his claim seems less than credible. He hasn't demonstrated or displayed any of the skills that would be required, so his claim seems a convenient artifice by the screenwriter.

I saw "A Merry Friggin' Christmas", starring Joel McHale-The Soup_tv, Ted; Lauren Graham-Evan Almighty, Bad Santa; Candice Bergen-Boston Legal_tv, Miss Congeniality and Robin Williams-The Crazy Ones_tv, One Hour Photo.This is one of the last 3 movies Robin Williams made before he died on August 11, 2014-This was made before Night at the Museum:Secret of the Tomb and there is one more that he did voice work on as a dog, called Absolutely Anything. This is a comedy where Robin plays a little different than what you are probably used to seeing him in. It is Christmas time and Robin is a grumpy old man in a dysfunctional family that is grumpy because his family, including his son Joel, is coming to visit for the holidays. Joel and his wife, Lauren, want to make a perfect Christmas for their son-it may be his last one to believe in Santa Clause-and of course, everything goes wrong. Besides all the bickering going on, Joel discovers that he left his son's presents at home, which is an 8 hour round trip, if he wants to make it back by sunrise. So Joel and Robin take a road trip while trying to work out their family problems. Candice plays Robin's wife. There are several recognizable actors in cameos; see if you can recognize who is playing the Hobo Santa. At the end of the movie is a dedication to Robin and how he made us all laugh-just not in this movie, though. There is also a scene after the credits involving two other characters, singing in a truck. As I said earlier, it is a different type of role for Robin so if you want a funny send off to remember him by, you will not get it here. It's not a bad movie, just different. It's rated "PG-13" for language and crude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 28 minutes. It's not Robin Williams' best work but I liked it enough that I would buy it on DVD.

Spoiler Alert - this is a bad movie and a waste of time to watch. There - I said it,One of Robin William's last movies but you don't want to remember him for this brick. With great talent like Lauren Graham (always lovable), Candice Bergen, and the late great Robin Williams, this movie had so much potential. Great Christmas movies can become classics and no matter what else an actor did, they can be remembered for one memorable holiday movie. Unfortunately, this isn't the case here. It tries to be a "Christmas Vacation" type movie. Dysfunctional family - check. Talented actors - check. Some funny lines - check. A family reunion that fails - check. Good writing - ...... NO check.I really wanted this movie to work and was so excited when I saw it at Red Box. By why had I never heard of it? Turns out it was released this year (2014) and probably went straight to DVD rental - and there is a reason. If you want to remember Robin Williams for his last good movie- go watch "Night at the Museum 3." But please don't remember him for this.