The affectionately satirical “Christmas With the Campbells” has all the ingredients of the standard holiday movie, from the idyllic country setting to the busy town square to the meet-cute romance to the likable and colorful characters — but time and again, there’s something a little raunchy, a little subversive and weird about the dialogue.
To wit. Justin Long’s David is strolling with Brittany Snow’s Jesse on a sun-dappled winter’s day when he explains why he never gets to see his mother around Christmastime. “When I was 9, [my stepfather] sat me down, he said, ‘I’m never gonna try to be your father, but I sure do love being romantic with your mother, so I’m going to take her on a trip every holiday so I can get her alone and do stuff to her without any interruptions. … Rub on her, have her tug on me, incorporate children’s costumes but in a more adult way ...”
