Unbearable to watch when you know the French original version, "Le père Noël est une ordure", a cult movie ten times better (if you can get a copy with very good subtitles, please check it out). Another example of a fine European film turned into crap by unwise American producers. It is a shame to see so many talents wasted. So where really lies the problem? To adapt for English-speaking audiences a movie which is anything but easy to adapt, or to soften all the (very) dark humor contained in the original work? Very hard to tell, and not something worth thinking about anyway. The result is there, and it is quite awful.
Review of Mixed Nuts
