Here Are The Most Overrated Christmas Movies According To Movie Fans, And I'm Curious If You Agree With Them
We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community what the most overrated Christmas movie of all time actually is. Here are the most memorable responses, along with all the reasons why they chose these specific films:
1.Elf
"I couldn't really get into it. I watched it once maybe, but that was enough for me."
"It's obnoxious, annoying, and just downright bad. It's just [Will] Ferrell acting like an idiot for two hours. Awful."
"Elf is a terrible movie. Will Ferrell's character is so annoying, and not in an endearing way. I spent the entire movie just wishing he would lose the ability to speak."
2.A Christmas Story
"I always hated that movie growing up. The scene where the kid gets his tongue stuck on the pole and the scene where Santa KICKS the children down the slide traumatized me."
"A Christmas Story is a terrible movie. I will never be forced to watch it again."
3.Love Actually
"I watched it without knowing anything about it. There are so many problematic stories, and everyone is sad. I hated it. It's not romantic. It's basic."
4.How the Grinch Stole Christmas
"Any Grinch that’s not the original cartoon is trash."
5.The Polar Express
"It's not the CGI, which is a product of its time, but the fact that a nice, quiet story about a peaceful journey became this singing- and dancing-fueled extravaganza. I hate it when the magic of quieter moments gets overshadowed by unnecessary spectacle."
6.It's a Wonderful Life
"It was panned when it was released and only became 'popular' when TBS ran it 24/7 for weeks at a time."
"This movie sucks. It's boring AF, and all of the characters are as flat as pancakes."
"I know that It's a Wonderful Life is a beloved holiday classic, and it does have a nice plot line, but that film is WAY too long! They could have cut out a third of it, and it still would have been a great movie."
7.Four Christmases
Four Christmases seems to make everyone’s top 10 list, but I loath that movie. The couple has this wonderful life that they love, enjoying each other. Then, they get shamed by family into having a baby."
8.National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
"The only good Vacation movie is the first one."
9.A Christmas Carol
Not the story itself, but for how many times they redo it, and that's A Christmas Carol. It has been done to DEATH since the '30s with a new reboot, idea, movie, [or] show every few years or so. I don't know why people can't leave it alone. We've had the classic from the book word for word, Muppets, cartoons, modern with men, modern with a woman, [and] slapstick comedy. GIVE IT A REST ALREADY."
10.Holiday movies on the Hallmark Channel
"What I hate are all the stupid Hallmark Christmas movies that are mind-numbingly basic and predictable."
11.Home Alone
"Nothing says the holidays like an abandoned child fighting off a home invasion!"
12.The Nightmare Before Christmas
"The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie and should not be played in the month of December. I will die on this hill."
What other movie(s) would you add to this list? Share your pick in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
