I received this movie for Christmas as well and I must say that I rather enjoyed it. Having never seen the series, though I wanted to, but could never catch it, I went into watching this movie with no background knowledge and had no problem. There were a few jumpy moments, but nothing that couldn't be extrapolated from various quips made by characters at other times.

Sure, it's quite formulaic and predictable, feeling more like an extended TV episode over a theatrical movie, but I felt that it's well enough done that you can suspend such feelings and just plain enjoy it.

- JP