The biggest mistake made with this movie was calling it a comedy. There are funny moments, but a comedy it ain't. It's a drama more than anything and a reasonably good one. Nothing overly original but it was well done and held my attention and enjoyment for the entire story. Something that is very rare these days.

This is my first review, mainly to defend this movie. I've used IMDb for years to filter movies based on user reviews, but more importantly, critic reviews. My favourite movies are often those that receive average user reviews, but positive critic reviews; when the mainstream critics finally chime in, this movie will be no exception.It's always interesting to me when a movie receives mainly very high ratings and very low ratings. If you're a fan of Dark Comedy and can appreciate a movie that makes you think...this one is for you!

I wasn't expecting much from this. Netflix and its original movies haven't been great, and on paper the cast was nothing special, but I was surprised by how frequently I laughed.Yes, it had a cliched premise, and you could see the ending coming from a mile away, but it still ended up being entertaining. I actually laughed at Dax Shepard's character and I usually can't stand him. Kurtwood Smith is still comedy gold with the right material. Michelle Mylett I hadn't seen before, but she gave a solid and understated performance as Kate and made me a fan in the process.It's a good Christmas movie. Don't expect too much and you won't be let down.

I only watched this movie because of the awesome cast and they're all really great here. My biggest problem is the tone of the movie. It starts off really good with some great humour, the characters are likable and all and you think this is how the movie will continue until out of nowhere it just goes off the rails and becomes some kind of drama / sort of action movie. It totally destroyed any potential the movie had. If anyone watched Tim Allen's 'Big Trouble' (2002) would know what I'm talking about. That movie is a great comedy and it stays that way from start to finish even though there's guns and action involved. Now this one really missed the target big time, unfortunately. It could've been a great comedy movie with such a great cast but I think they messed up hard, with their ideas all over the place so the movie doesn't know if it's a comedy or a drama or an action flick. Overall, it's watchable as a time waster but not something I would recommend readily for everyone.