This Christmas (film)

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This Christmas
Promotional poster
Directed by	Preston A. Whitmore II
Produced by	Preston A. Whitmore II
Written by	Preston A. Whitmore II
Starring	Delroy Lindo Idris Elba Loretta Devine Chris Brown
Cinematography	Alexander Gruszynski
Editing by	Paul Seydor
Distributed by	Screen Gems Rainforest Films
Release date(s)	November 21, 2007
Country
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
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This Christmas is a 2007 drama film produced by Rainforest Films and distributed by Screen Gems. Written, produced and directed by Preston A. Whitmore II, it is a Christmastime story that centers around the Whitfield family, whose eldest son has come home for the first time in four years. The film received a PG-13 from the MPAA for comic sexual content and some violence^[1] and 12A by the British Board of Film Classification for moderate violence and sex references.^[2]

1 Cast
2 Reception
3 Trivia
4 Original Soundtrack
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Cast

Loretta Devine as Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Delroy Lindo as Joe Black
Chris Brown as Michael "Baby" Whitfield
Idris Elba as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
Regina King as Lisa Whitfield Moore
Laz Alonso as Malcolme Moore
Columbus Short as Claude Whitfield
Ricky Harris as Cousin Fred
Sharon Leal as Kelli Whitfield
Lauren London as Melanie "Mel" Whitfield
Keith Robinson as Devean Brooks
Lupe Ontiveros as Rosie
Jessica Stroup as Sandi Whitfield
Mekhi Phifer as Gerald
David Banner as Mo
Ronnie Warner as Duke

[edit] Reception

Reviews for the film were generally mixed. As of December 4, 2007, a slim majority of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes judged the film "rotten", with the consensus view being that the film "Has strong performances, but relies too heavily on holiday movie clichés."^[3] The score on Metacritic is 63 out of 100, "Generally favorable reviews".^[4]Despite some bad reviews the movie ranked number 2 in the box office (next to Enchanted). The film became a box office hit after opening with $17,958,183.^[5] It went on to gross $49,121,934 on a budget of just $13,000,000.^[6]

[edit] Trivia

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This is the second film in which Columbus Short, Chris Brown and Laz Alonso have been featured. The first is Stomp the Yard, in which Short and Brown play brothers, as they do in This Christmas.
Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal, and Loretta Devine all appeared together in Dreamgirls.
Sharon Leal and Loretta Devine starred together in Boston Public.
The film's title refers to the Donny Hathaway song of the same name, which is covered by Chris Brown in the film.