Candy Cane Lane—good concept—goes into a slump due its cliched holiday theme of competing neighbors for best holiday decorations and the introduction of a wayward elf. Eddie Murphy is a better actor than this story allows him to be. While the stage settings have a type of uniqueness, they do not compensate for the weak storyline.
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Storyline
A family encounters an elf who has turned bad and they need to be rescued from the curse that originates with the elf.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Reginald Hudlin for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Karen Lunder, and Charisse Hewitt-Webster for making the film possible. Cast includes Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, Trevante Rhodes, David Alan Grier, and Nick Offerman.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It is a Christmas film that lacks originality.
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Ben Meyers
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