Almost Christmas

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Kicking off the holiday movie season, First Christmas is a comedy directed by David E. Talbert (Baggage Claim). It stars an ensemble cast featuring Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover, John Michael Higgins, Romany Malco, Mo’Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, J. B. Smoove, and Gabrielle Union.

Almost Christmas tells the festive story of beloved patriarch Walter Meyers (Glover), who asks his family for one gift this holiday season––to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle.

“I’m just a huge fan of [holiday movies]…all the big, broad, emotional ones,” Talbert explains. “I love the season and what it represents, so I thought, ‘What would it be like if I did my own holiday film? Being a new father myself, I thought it would be interesting to see the patriarch holding the family together.” When casting the film’s lead, Walter Meyers, Talbert admits that “the first name we said was ‘Danny Glover.’ He was always the perfect prototype. It was always, ‘Walter needs to be somebody like Danny.’ So when we actually were able to get Danny, it was huge.”

Almost Christmas is rated PG.