She portrays one of four sisters who go to a Yorkshire mansion to reunite for Christmas. However, they are stunned when their father returns after a 27-year absence.
While Hurley has maintained her youthful appearance, fans couldn’t help but notice the odd casting of Carline Quentin portraying Hurley’s mother despite only having a five-year age gap in real life.
The movie was panned on social media, many describing it as the worst Christman movie of the year.
“How much older than Liz Hurley is Caroline Quentin? If it’s enough for her to have given birth to her, I’ll eat my hat. What a s**t film,” one user concluded.
Another Twitter user called the movie a money grab in the scathing review.
“We’re watching Father Christmas Is Back on Netflix. Caroline Quentin is in it playing Elizabeth Hurley’s MOTHER. Kelsey Grammar and John Cleese are in it too, and you can see them working out how much of their cheque will go to their ex-wives. Other than that it’s s***e,” he wrote.
A Netflix viewer took to Twitter to declare the movie the worst of the year.
“Father Christmas Is Back, starring John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, Liz Hurley, Kris Marshall and Caroline Quentin, is a strong contender for my worst film of the year. In fact, it is the only contender. On Netflix,” a Twitter critic said.
Many couldn’t get over the casting choice of Quentin playing Hurley’s mother with Kris Marshall getting collateral damage criticism.
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“Am watching a truly terrible film on Netflix where Caroline Quentin b. 1960 is playing the mother of Elizabeth Hurley b. 1965. If you want to know how bad it is, Kris Marshall has the main male role.”
Liz Hurley is currently single; she was previously linked to Australian cricketer Shane Warne. However, the British actress keeps her personal life private as the 56-year-old has not been linked to anyone in many years.