{"id":122822,"date":"2024-11-06T20:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122822"},"modified":"2024-11-06T20:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T13:02:56","slug":"reviews-for-dwayne-johnsons-christmas-movie-are-in-and-theyre-pretty-brutal-will-make-you-wish-christmas-was-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122822","title":{"rendered":"Reviews for Dwayne Johnson&#8217;s Christmas movie are in, and they&#8217;re pretty brutal: &#8220;Will make you wish Christmas was canceled&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Reviews and reactions are in for Red One, the new Christmas movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans \u2013 and they&#8217;re not great.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The film sees Santa Claus, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/red-one-jk-simmons-santa\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/red-one-jk-simmons-santa\/\">played by JK Simmons<\/a>, kidnapped. Callum Drift (Johnson), head of security in the North Pole, sets out to rescue him, teaming up with bounty hunter Jack O&#8217;Malley (Evans).\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>However, critics have decidedly not been charmed by the festive film, with most reviews trending to the negative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amazon MGM&#8217;s $250-million bid at a Marvel-level Christmas franchise is a charmless, level-four naughty-lister that will make you wish Christmas was canceled,&#8221; reads <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/criticism\/movies\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-1235062639\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/criticism\/movies\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-1235062639\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>IndieWire<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s take.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This holiday entry, which could almost have been called A Fast &amp; Furious Christmas, is so ugly, artificial and overlong that it should cure kids of any belief in magic,&#8221; is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-christmas-1236054244\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-christmas-1236054244\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>The Hollywood Reporter<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s verdict. &#8220;It&#8217;s a prime example of the ways in which CG effects have impoverished the imaginations of many contemporary filmmakers \u2013 making anything possible, but too often at the expense of a human heartbeat. In any case, Red One is the equivalent of a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing wrong with a big-hearted film for Christmas, but this commercial and formulaic slice of content is a toy destined to be forgotten, not by Boxing Day, but mid-November,&#8221; says <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2024\/nov\/06\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-santa-kidnapped\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2024\/nov\/06\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-santa-kidnapped\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>The Guardian<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The villains are shape-shifters, but the key thing about Red One is that the whole movie is a shape-shifter: arduous action jape, low-kitsch Christmas fairy tale, buddy movie, family-reconciliation movie \u2013 every quadrant and demo must be served,&#8221; says <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/reviews\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-hemsworth-j-k-simmons-1236199619\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/reviews\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-hemsworth-j-k-simmons-1236199619\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Variety<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;At the movies, Christmas isn&#8217;t a holiday anymore, it&#8217;s a concept to be retro-fitted. Do you hear those sleigh bells jingling? Come on, it&#8217;s lovely weather for an over-the-top-of-the-North-Pole, through-the-supply-closet-portal, cargo-plane ride together with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-hNJMPvSTGgDuLRFEHuxT8J\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-hNJMPvSTGgDuLRFEHuxT8J slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Bringing all the latest movie news, features, and reviews to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The familiarity is the point with Red One, which might as well have been engineered to run in loops on cable, if that were still a thing. It&#8217;s a new movie that\u2019s meant to feel like something you\u2019ve already seen, like, I dunno, Jingle All The Way if the villain in Jingle All The Way were a Christmas witch played by Kiernan Shipka,&#8221; reads <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/review-netflixs-red-one-will-remind-you-of-better-movies.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/review-netflixs-red-one-will-remind-you-of-better-movies.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Vulture<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all bad, though, with some critics giving a slightly warmer review. &#8220;It&#8217;s a reasonably entertaining three-star blockbuster with some fun ideas, a game cast, and a brisk storytelling style that never runs out of steam. I was never especially impressed, but I was just enjoying the fact that they somehow turned this absurd elevator pitch into a functional, breezy, slightly above average action-comedy,&#8221; says <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-christmas-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-christmas-movie\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>TheWrap<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a first installment ripe with DC and Marvel alums (and [Bonnie] Hunt), it&#8217;s easy to imagine a holiday action franchise taking off in this climate of existing IP. After all, the Santa we\u2019ve come to know in U.S. culture was originally an 1863 illustration for Harper&#8217;s Weekly with the intent of making children behave and spreading capitalism\u2026 so not much has changed. And although the idea of a Christmas cinematic universe might initially make one&#8217;s eyes roll, the addition of Krampus and other lesser known holiday lore offers a refreshing take,&#8221; is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/11\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-1236165948\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/11\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-1236165948\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Deadline<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Red One hits theaters on November 6 in the UK and November 15 in the US. 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