This Christmas Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

November 21, 2007

Distributor

Screen Gems

Genre

Comedy

Rating

PG-13

Budget

$13,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$49,121,934 + $656,618 = $49,778,552

Cast

Chris Brown, Idris Elba, Lauren London, Regina King, Loretta Devine, David Banner, Columbus Short, Mekhi Phifer, Jessica Stroup, Sharon Leal, Laz Alonso, Lupe Ontiveros, Keith Robinson, Delroy Lindo

Chris Brown

as Michael 'Baby' Whitfield

Idris Elba

as Quentin Whitfield, Jr.

Lauren London

as Melanie Whitfield

Regina King

as Lisa Whitfield-Moore

Loretta Devine

as Shirley Ann Whitfield known as Ma'Dere

David Banner

as Mo

Columbus Short

as Claude Whitfield

Mekhi Phifer

as Gerald

Jessica Stroup

as Sandi Whitfield

Sharon Leal

as Kelli Whitfield

Laz Alonso

as Malcolm Moore

1942-2012

Lupe Ontiveros

as Rosie

Keith Robinson

as Devan Brooks

Delroy Lindo

as Joe Black

About This Christmas

A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.

About

Written and directed by Preston A. Whitmore II, the film tells the story of the Whitfield family who is celebrating Christmas for the first time in four years as a whole when their eldest comes home.

Trivia

The soundtrack of the film features songs from Chris Brown, Toni Braxton, Jordin Sparks, Aaron Neville and Aretha Franklin, among others. It was a MTV Movie Award, Image Award and Asian Excellence Award nominee, winning the latter for Outstanding Actress in a Movie (Sharon Leal).