This Christmas

Like many holiday films, THIS CHRISTMAS mines the ample humor and drama of a family Christmas. Ma'Dere (Loretta Devine) is the matriarch to the large and loving Whitfield family, which consists of her three daughters-Kelli (Sharon Leal), Lisa (Regina King), and Mel (Lauren London)-and her sons-Michael (Chris Brown), Claude (Columbus Short), and Quentin (Idris Elba). They are an extremely attractive and successful bunch, but no sooner have they shared their first meal together than the hidden tensions begin to boil to the surface. Long-kept secrets come tumbling out, and the Whitfields soon engender enough drama to support several spin-off soap operas. There's interracial marriage, infidelity, gambling debts, an AWOL soldier, and repressed dreams of musical stardom, to name just a few of the issues they are forced to tackle in between stuffing the turkey and decorating the tree. Will their many problems and misunderstandings be resolved by Christmas day? Since this is a family holiday flick, the odds are, of course, quite good. Director: Preston A. Whitmore Star: Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Columbus Short, Special Features: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, English, French Subtitles, English, French, Spanish Optional Running Time: 119 minutes.

Director: Preston A Whitmore II
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II
Producer: Preston A. Whitmore II
Producer: Will Packer
Actor: Chris Brown
Actor: Loretta Devine
Actor: Idris Elba
Actor: Delroy Lindo
Actor: Brandon Jackson
Actor: Amy Hunter
Actor: Lavell Crump
Actor: Keith Robinson
Actor: David Banner
Actor: Denetria Champ
Actor: Laz Alonso
Actor: Regina King
Actor: Jessica Stroup
Actor: Mekhi Phifer
Actor: Columbus Short
Actor: Ricky Harris
Actor: Lauren London
Actor: Sharon Leal
Actor: Lupe Ontiveros
Actor: Haskell V. Anderson III
Actor: Brandon Fobbs