Christmas doesn't go smoothly for the family at the heart of this comedy-drama set in Chicago.

The clan's holiday reunion marks the first time everyone is together in several years, but the eldest son's ( John Leguizamo) wife (Debra Messing) resists suggestions that she become a mom, and his returned-from-Iraq sibling ( Freddy Rodriguez) struggles with being a civilian again.

Alfred Molina and Elizabeth Pena play the heads of the household. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray)

Buy 'Nothing Like the Holidays' on DVD.