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Best movie ever!

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

What better way to start christmas than Bill Murray's special, with lots of famous guests playing themselves or somebody else, directed by Sofia Coppola, made for Netflix?Actually, there must be many better ways, because "A Very Murray..." feels just lazy in the worst possible sense.The idea is great, of course, but the result is neither witty nor inventive. You get mostly Bill Murray's performing variety-ish renditions of known holiday classics, and sometimes letting other grab the lead too, notably Miley Cyrus.There are some sketches to try and add some excitement but they fail to ignite and stop appearing long before the end.The only aspect that disappoint is involving famous friends, although they don't do anything interesting, including George Clooney, Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Amy Poehler.At least it's not too long, only 56 minutes, barely classifying for feature-length movie. If you want to call this half-assed lazyfest a movie at all.

BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 300 HOLIDAY FILMS. I HAVE NO AGENDA.If it wasn't bad enough that Bill Murray made a so-so version of "A Christmas Carol" he had to sink lower and make a terrible Christmas Special that only he would love or watch! Even hardcore fans of Murray's will be hard pressed to say something great about this!The plot of this On Christmas Eve, Bill Murray waits in his suite at the Carlyle Hotel, gradually realizing that a massive snowstorm has caused most of the guests for his live Christmas special to cancel. As time runs out, his two producers, Liz (Amy Poehler), and Bev (Julie White), coerce him into going on with the show, as he is financially on the hook if he cancels. With minimal crew, Murray goes live; but in the middle of singing a song, he begins to weep and then flees the studio. While trying to leave the hotel, he sees Chris Rock, whom he forces into performing "Do You Hear What I Hear?" with him. During a power outage, Rock flees, and the producers inform Murray that as the power outage Rock flees, and the outage is considered an Act of God the special can now be cancelled.Now other things happen and what should be heart warming becomes stupid and boring. Talent-less Hollywood Hack Sofia Coppola help co-write and directed this mess. This special is like getting socks for Christmas!

Just saw this on DVD, a little more than a year after it came out. Sure, it is not that "funny" if you are expecting SNL level comedy, but I really enjoyed it. First, I had never heard the song "Christmas Blues" before. Not bad at all. And the later group performance of "Fairytale of New York" (originally by The Pogues from the late 1980's) was just great. (I guess I have to write a little more - right now my review is not long enough for IMDb.) It was interesting to see David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) of the New York Dolls. I see that he was also in the 1988 Bill Murray film "Scrooged". And I was not familiar with Jenny Lewis, but she is a very good singer. I got this on a whim, but am really glad that I saw it.

Was concerned after reading all the bad reviews on here! So glad they are all taking crap! All I can say is this is Bill Murray and is excellent if you appreciate him and good music. If you are just expecting Peter Venkman or Phil Connors you will be disappointed.So don't build it up as the main event for a Christmas evening, more like get yourself a couple of scotches, and save yourself an hour to indulge in some feel good seasonal songs in a very Murray style.When Bill starts to give a f$%! , that's when the world will have problems.Merry Christmas Bill !