Mixed Nuts (1994)

This Christmas, Shat The Movies takes a detour into one of the strangest holiday comedies ever made with Mixed Nuts , Nora Ephron's chaotic 1994 remake of the French farce Le Père Noël est une ordure . We're revisiting this deeply uncomfortable Christmas movie in honor of the late Rob Reiner , who helped define smart, character-driven comedies—even when they didn't always work. Gene and Big D unpack how a film with an absurdly stacked cast—Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Rita Wilson, Adam Sandler, Juliette Lewis, and Liev Schreiber—somehow became a cult curiosity instead of a holiday classic. They debate whether Mixed Nuts was simply ahead of its time, fatally misjudged in tone, or doomed by trying to balance farce, mental health, and Christmas cheer in the same gift box. Along the way, the guys reflect on why Mixed Nuts now plays less like a failed holiday romp and more like a bizarre time capsule of transitional Hollywood. Is this a Christmas movie worth reclaiming—or one best left buried under the tree?

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Mixed Nuts (1994) is an episode from Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review by Shat on Entertainment.

This episode is 57:35 long.

This episode was published on Dec 26, 2025.

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