Boxing Day

Video
2008
Not Rated
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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On the day after Christmas, Emmy Towne brings her boyfriend, Darryl, home to meet her family. Emmy is terrified of what will happen, having gone 0-2 with previous boyfriends. For Emmy and DarrylÂ’s relationship to escape intact, Darryl will have to survive EmmyÂ’s know-it-all mother, Beverly, her sweet but clueless father, Martin, her deviant sister, Grace, and her miscreant brother, Rick. An irreverent update of GUESS WHOÂ’S COMING TO DINNER for our politically correct world.

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After too many failed romances, Emmy Towne, an elementary school teacher, final finds Darryl Cunningham, a successful chemical engineer, on an online dating site. Eight months later the two ... Read allAfter too many failed romances, Emmy Towne, an elementary school teacher, final finds Darryl Cunningham, a successful chemical engineer, on an online dating site. Eight months later the two are married and settled nicely into a two-bedroom in Fredericksburg. But when it comes tim... Read allAfter too many failed romances, Emmy Towne, an elementary school teacher, final finds Darryl Cunningham, a successful chemical engineer, on an online dating site. Eight months later the two are married and settled nicely into a two-bedroom in Fredericksburg. But when it comes time to meet Emmy's family-who has a bad track record of scaring off boyfriends- Emmy starts ... Read all

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8.2/10

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Hark the Herald Angels Sing
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Written by Charles Wesley (uncredited) and Felix Mendelssohn (uncredited)
Arranged and Performed by Noah Potter

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7/10

Awesomely Funny Comedy About Race

Emmy Towne (Bridget Devlin Burke) brings her new boyfriend Darryl (Demetrius Parker) home for Boxing Day (the day after Christmas). She forgot to warn them in advance, though: Daryl is black.

The plot of this film is good, but it's the jokes that make it fantastic. I found out about the racist scale (Hitler is 100, the KKK are 75, Don Imus is 20, not locking your doors in a black neighborhood because you think it's racist is 2). There are also great pop culture jokes: especially regarding Dawson's Creek, with a long spiel about the final episode, the lack of God, Joey's choices, and the failure of soulmates to connect.

I found out that a columnist is a journalist not bound by ethics, and that dating "Lenny Kravitz black" is wussy, but "Wesley Snipes black" is progressive.

I'm not really keen on how the philosophy major (Jenna St. John) is presented... somewhere between existentialist and hedonist, very amorphous. Very sexy outfit and makeup, though.

Oh, and the news report on Richard "Big Dick" Towne, the creator of powernesium and toilet paper thief, hilarious, "lot of gay sex, I started to enjoy it"...