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Every holiday season, the same nauseating conversation happens: IsDie Harda Christmas movie?
Yes, it is.
(The answer is always yes and has been for decades, no matter whatBruce says.)
Despite (or perhaps because of?)
In this film, Christmas is a lonely time of reflection, of mourning a past life.
Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson uses Christmas as an emotional anchor.
From then on, Christmas connects Frank and FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks).
Every Christmas Eve, Frank and Carl have a tense phone call.
Frank stands in the snow as the flashing blue-and-red police cars overtake the glow of colorful holiday lights.
