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Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

Comedy · Family · Drama · 2011

Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they try to hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a seemingly normal older couple in a station wagon from Roswell, New Mexico. It turns out that the couple believes they are the victims of alien abduction. The Duncan's must resort to purchasing a clunker Yugo to get to Utah, have their luggage stolen in Las Vegas, and survive a zany Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Blankenhooper.

Movie details

Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

“For the Duncan family, Christmas is about to take a major detour.”

2011 Comedy · Family · Drama 1h 20m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they try to hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a seemingly normal older couple in a station wagon from Roswell, New Mexico. It turns out that the couple believes they are the victims of alien abduction. The Duncan's must resort to purchasing a clunker Yugo to get to Utah, have their luggage stolen in Las Vegas, and survive a zany Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Blankenhooper.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Arlene Sanford

Written by

Geoff Rodkey

Bridgit Mendler

Bridgit Mendler

Teddy Duncan

Leigh-Allyn Baker

Leigh-Allyn Baker

Amy Duncan

Jason Dolley

Jason Dolley

PJ Duncan

Eric Allan Kramer

Eric Allan Kramer

Bob Duncan

Bradley Steven Perry

Bradley Steven Perry

Gabe Duncan

Mia Talerico

Mia Talerico

Charlie Duncan

Debra Monk

Debra Monk

Petunia

Court is in session

Put Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.