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Review: Here comes Eddie Murphy, right down 'Candy Cane Lane' with a mixed bag of a holiday film

Eddie Murphy in the movie " Candy Cane Lane."

Eddie Murphy's new holiday comedy, "Candy Cane Lane," won't join the ranks of Christmas classics, but it's not quite a lump of coal either. Murphy plays Chris Carver, happy dad to a beautiful family in picturesque El Segundo, home of this very newspaper (there's a funny flash moment acknowledging that, yes, LAX is just around the corner).

When Chris suffers a reversal of fortune, he becomes desperate to win

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