Jay Mohr starts in this painfully unfunny Christmas “comedy” titled Christmas Do-Over. A blatant ripoff of Groundhog Day that intends to appeal to both kids and adults, but ends up entertaining no one. I wish I had a “do-over” so I could skip this drivel. In fact, if I was repeating the same day over and over, I’d find time to track down Jay Mohr, Daphne Zuniga, and the rest of the cast (Adrienne Barbeau how could you?) and slap them all upside the head. How bout that for a “do-over”?

If you’re looking for MST3K fodder, look no further than Christmas Do-Over. If you’re looking for a family film (I don’t care whose family) that brings you and yours a little bit of Christmas magic along with a few laughs, watch something else. Even if you’re looking to wallow in Christmas depression, please, don’t waste you’re moping around with this one. You’ll thank me later.

OK, so personal opinions aside. Jay Mohr stars as Kevin, a crappy musician and all around jerkwad. He decides to crash his ex-wife’s (Zuniga) family Christmas to check in on the former ball-and-chain, as well as his estranged son. Through the magic of Christmas, Kevin is allowed to, wait for it….repeat the same day over and over again until he gets it right. Yes, like I said, it’s Groundhog Day, minus the hogs, minus the Murray, and minus any redeeming qualities. Oh yeah, and it was made for TV too if that clinches it. Anyway, Kevin repeats the day over and over, gets in a fight with Santa Claus and Joseph from a nativity scene, and somehow wins back the love of his family while still remaining pretty much a jerkwad. Zuniga comes off as stupid for being charmed by such an idiot, and the little boy is now stuck with a jerkwad dad. Attempts at adult humor fall flat while at the same time alienating any kids who might think they want to watch this film, and the kiddie humor isn’t remotely charming. Merry Christmas!

Video

For broadcast cable transferred to DVD, the picture holds up decently. Colors were nice, picture was sharp, and compression wasn’t evident enough to spoil my dismay at sitting through the film. Way to polish a turd.

Audio

Freakin’ 5.1 mix! Seriously, great it was included, (It did sound better than I imagine SD cable stereo would) but why?? Maybe for the cast members families. Yeah, that’s what I’m going with.

Extras

None. Zippo. Not even one 3 minute featurette with the cast acting like they were enjoying being in the film. Oh well, at least their families got the 5.1 mix to enjoy.

Overall

Umm, skip this one. I don’t think Jay Mohr’s mom even watched it (and I think she was initially excited about the 5.1 mix too). You can do much better with your time by watching Groundhog Day or ANY other Christmas related film.