Rating the holiday releases

The best and worst of Hollywood's Christmas season | The Editors

Even after the gifts are given and presents unwrapped, after-Christmas consumption continues; same thing with Hollywood’s Christmas season, which is always loaded with new film releases. They generally fall into two categories. The crowd pleasers are big packages wrapped in bright paper and oversize bows, designed to pull in family audiences looking for something to do with the relatives. The smaller jewelry boxes, tastefully wrapped in gold foil, are the prestige releases, in theaters (and often only a few initially) so that they qualify for 2004 awards, and generate enough word of mouth to expand to larger audiences.

Here’s a look at a few of Hollywood’s more noteworthy Christmas gifts—as well as the lumps of coal:

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