2018·Comedy·1h 33m
7.0
★
In a politically-divided United States, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.
Directed by Ike Barinholtz
politics
holiday
loyalty
thanksgiving
interracial marriage
family
race
black friday
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Cast
Ike Barinholtz
Chris
Tiffany Haddish
Kai
Billy Magnussen
Mason
John Cho
Peter
Carrie Brownstein
Alice
Jon Barinholtz
Pat
Meredith Hagner
Abbie
Chris Ellis
Hank
Nora Dunn
Eleanor
Priah Ferguson
Hardy
Matt Corboy
Clint Marks
Jay Duplass
Clark
Crew
Ike Barinholtz
Director
Ike Barinholtz
Writer
Sean McKittrick
Producer
Ike Barinholtz
Producer
Tiffany Haddish
Executive Producer
David Stassen
Producer
Sam Patton
Production Accountant
Popular Reviews
39 reviews
Max FW
4.5★ · 11/05/24
Lotta passionate anger and a lotta strawman characters to get through.
It at least doesn’t feel smug, but maybe smugness in this case might be better than leaving me with…nothing? I don’t know, it was fun to yell along with some of the characters and pretend like you were in the room. But as the escalation progresses with more awkward jokes (“Asian-American, dad!” was some cringey shit), more missed opportunities for side characters to engage with the conflict, and the titular “Oath” not even feeling necessary for the story at a certain point (only for it to half-assedly come back in the end and resolve everything), everything grew obnoxious.
It’d be a cliche to say I’d rather spend time with these folks than some of my relatives, but I can’t help but think of it as true. I’m at least relatively entertained by how cartoonish these people sometimes are, but I also want a quality movie that leaves me with something and doesn’t look like a Judd Apatow production. The Hunt from 2020 was smug as all hell, but the storytelling was far more engaging and it doesn’t feel like it just peeters out after a while. You don’t even feel exhausted by the end of this, which you kinda should. You more just want that guy with the flu upstairs to come down with an Uzi and shoot everyone.
That said, finally we got some good food in one of these! Not even Thanksgiving did that so kudos, though I was a little pissed when the mom mentioned twice baked potatoes and we never get to see them.
It at least doesn’t feel smug, but maybe smugness in this case might be better than leaving me with…nothing? I don’t know, it was fun to yell along with some of the characters and pretend like you were in the room. But as the escalation progresses with more awkward jokes (“Asian-American, dad!” was some cringey shit), more missed opportunities for side characters to engage with the conflict, and the titular “Oath” not even feeling necessary for the story at a certain point (only for it to half-assedly come back in the end and resolve everything), everything grew obnoxious.
It’d be a cliche to say I’d rather spend time with these folks than some of my relatives, but I can’t help but think of it as true. I’m at least relatively entertained by how cartoonish these people sometimes are, but I also want a quality movie that leaves me with something and doesn’t look like a Judd Apatow production. The Hunt from 2020 was smug as all hell, but the storytelling was far more engaging and it doesn’t feel like it just peeters out after a while. You don’t even feel exhausted by the end of this, which you kinda should. You more just want that guy with the flu upstairs to come down with an Uzi and shoot everyone.
That said, finally we got some good food in one of these! Not even Thanksgiving did that so kudos, though I was a little pissed when the mom mentioned twice baked potatoes and we never get to see them.
Lotta passionate anger and a lotta strawman characters to get through.
It at least doesn’t feel smug, but maybe smugness in this case might be better than leaving me with…nothing? I don’t know, it was fun to yell along with some of the characters and pretend like you were in the room. But as the escalation progresses with more awkward jokes (“Asian-American, dad!” was some cringey shit), more missed opportunities for side characters to engage with the conflict, and the titular “Oath” not even feeling necessary for the story at a certain point (only for it to half-assedly come back in the end and resolve everything), everything grew obnoxious.
It’d be a cliche to say I’d rather spend time with these folks than some of my relatives, but I can’t help but think of it as true. I’m at least relatively entertained by how cartoonish these people sometimes are, but I also want a quality movie that leaves me with something and doesn’t look like a Judd Apatow production. The Hunt from 2020 was smug as all hell, but the storytelling was far more engaging and it doesn’t feel like it just peeters out after a while. You don’t even feel exhausted by the end of this, which you kinda should. You more just want that guy with the flu upstairs to come down with an Uzi and shoot everyone.
That said, finally we got some good food in one of these! Not even Thanksgiving did that so kudos, though I was a little pissed when the mom mentioned twice baked potatoes and we never get to see them.
It at least doesn’t feel smug, but maybe smugness in this case might be better than leaving me with…nothing? I don’t know, it was fun to yell along with some of the characters and pretend like you were in the room. But as the escalation progresses with more awkward jokes (“Asian-American, dad!” was some cringey shit), more missed opportunities for side characters to engage with the conflict, and the titular “Oath” not even feeling necessary for the story at a certain point (only for it to half-assedly come back in the end and resolve everything), everything grew obnoxious.
It’d be a cliche to say I’d rather spend time with these folks than some of my relatives, but I can’t help but think of it as true. I’m at least relatively entertained by how cartoonish these people sometimes are, but I also want a quality movie that leaves me with something and doesn’t look like a Judd Apatow production. The Hunt from 2020 was smug as all hell, but the storytelling was far more engaging and it doesn’t feel like it just peeters out after a while. You don’t even feel exhausted by the end of this, which you kinda should. You more just want that guy with the flu upstairs to come down with an Uzi and shoot everyone.
That said, finally we got some good food in one of these! Not even Thanksgiving did that so kudos, though I was a little pissed when the mom mentioned twice baked potatoes and we never get to see them.
Marcus Johnson
8.0★ · 11/23/23
Scary that I Lowkey can see something like This happening
Scary that I Lowkey can see something like This happening
toefootgracePRO
4.0★ · 11/26/20
damn, they really love that pie!
damn, they really love that pie!
lucky
6.0★ · 11/26/20
this is 2020 thanksgiving as a horror movie
this is 2020 thanksgiving as a horror movie
Ian Jeffers
6.0★ · 07/03/19
I really enjoyed this one. Ike Barinholtz did a really solid job with the directing and the writing. Of course he's great as the main character as well. Tiffany Haddish was good in this surprisingly. Though I only say that because I'm not an enormous fan of hers. Also John Cho was in this and of course he was good even though he was mostly cycling through consciousness during the film. Good ending as well. I'm really happy I watched this, though it's not great I had a good time with it.
I really enjoyed this one. Ike Barinholtz did a really solid job with the directing and the writing. Of course he's great as the main character as well. Tiffany Haddish was good in this surprisingly. Though I only say that because I'm not an enormous fan of hers. Also John Cho was in this and of course he was good even though he was mostly cycling through consciousness during the film. Good ending as well. I'm really happy I watched this, though it's not great I had a good time with it.