How do you get your kids home for the holidays? Tell them you and your mother are getting divorced and send them into a tizzy! It's fun to see Dick Van Dyke and the late great Valerie Harper together albeit briefly. Dick Van Dyke (at his most mischievous) plays a little joke on his two self absorbed children to get them home for Christmas. Matthew Modine is also funny as he desperately tries to connect with China to speak to his sister (a weepy Glenn Headley). Based on some old joke that I had never heard of,In the end, it's a sprightly short film about what your parents REALLY want for Christmas.
Review of Merry Xmas
