Don't Open Till Christmas fingerprintHigh energy, emotionally cool.
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Don't Open Till Christmas is tense, violent, and thrilling.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Crime and mystery
Its world is built around crime and mystery.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Don't Open Till Christmas is included with a subscription to Night Flight+, FlixFling, Eternal Family, and Troma NOW in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, Plex, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 37/100 (IMDb 4.7). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 27 min
Don't Open Till Christmas runs 1 h 27 min.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
+117GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Don't Open Till Christmas in 131 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 64 storytelling tropes for Don't Open Till Christmas, including Tyop on the Cover, Man on Fire, Foreshadowing.
4.7
