Quartile rating: 5/10 · 1 rating
In Christmastime Miami, heartbroken divorcée Giorgio invites himself to stay at his best friend Mario's — unaware that the latter is having an affair with his ex-wife — and ends up pursued by Mario's barely-of-age daughter; nosy and out-of-touch Ranuccio crashes his son's sex-themed holidays before ending up in a series of mishaps with Giorgio.
A standard entry in the Italian cinepanettone tradition, Christmas in Miami follows the well-worn formula of the holiday comedy genre with broad slapstick, sexual misunderstandings, and Italian tourists abroad. The plot is predictable and recycled from countless similar entries in the series, the acting is serviceable but undemanding, the cinematography is functional TV-movie quality at best, and there is little novelty in a franchise that by 2005 had thoroughly exhausted its own template. The ending resolves with the expected tidiness of the genre. Across the board, this is a below-to-average effort even within its own modest ambitions.