Bill Murray welcomes you to his Christmas special with the look of a sad misfit toy.
Dammit, Bill, this is Christmas!
Get with the merry and bright already!
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The funniest thing aboutA Very Murray Christmasis the very idea of it.
The acerbic star ofGroundhog Dayhosting a Christmas special?
This is wildly unexpected, even from the guy who brought youScrooged.
His latest seasonal opus runs far in the opposite direction of that bloated, hollow comedy.
Its a bittersweetCharlie Brown Christmasfor micro-feeling, irony-wired hipsters.
And yet, Murray has surprising resonance.
He plays himself, in a spoof of grandiose ego.
Its a pure vanity project: Murray actually expects the Pope to attend.
Frightful weather scares everyone away, and the power goes out, pulling the plug on the show.
Murray decides to improvise a boozy party for stranded hotel guests and workers.
Rashida Jones and Jason Schwartzman play a bride and groom rocked by a ruined wedding.
They are a problem for Murray to solve.
Songs are sung; many drinks get drunk.
Miley Cyrus pops in.
But will George Clooney?
O, brother, where art thou?
