Almost Christmas [DVD]

When Dennis (Paul Giammati) is released from prison just before the Christmas holidays, he s intent on getting his life back on track. But he soon realises going straight doesn t come easy. Not only has his estranged wife told his young daughter he is dead, but he finds out she s now shacked up with his ex-partner in crime Rene (Paul Rudd). Determined to turn things around and buy his daughter the present she s always wanted, he gets back in business with Rene, selling Christmas trees in New York City. First, he just has to smuggle himself across the border, resist all light-fingered temptations, and compete with the big-budget Christmas tree stall across the street. With business dwindling and Rene going AWOL, things don t look so bright, but with the help of one of their customers, a straight-talking house sitter named Olga (Sally Hawkins), they orchestrate a masterful heist - just in time for Christmas.