Projectile baby vomiting is a recurring gag. I cried mistletoe well before the film was halfway through.
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12/12/08
Four Christmases (2008)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:5
Rotten:21
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Despite a strong cast, this sour holiday comedy suffers from a hackneyed script.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $120,136,047
Synopsis: Documentarian Seth Gordon (THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS) makes his feature film directorial debut with FOUR CHRISTMASES. Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince Vaughn) are a happily... [More]
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau
Director: Seth Gordon
Reviews for Four Christmases
1 - 14 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticYou can see most of the big slapstick set-pieces looming long before they hit but there are a few smaller routines that pack a punch just because they have an unexpectedly manic tilt to them.
12/08/08
Top CriticFilled with 'hilarious' scenes of people being vomited on and falling off roofs, Four Holidays tries to meld nasty, black-hued comedy with warm sentiment, resulting in a sick melange of treacle and malice.
12/04/08
Top CriticAn imperfect storm of horrible writing, awkward casting and questionable taste gathers soon after the opening credits and dumps downpours of buzz-killing humour at depressingly regular intervals.
12/04/08
Top CriticA top cast just manages to keep Four Holidays afloat but the script offers too few laughs, and slapstick turns to schmaltz before we've had enough Christmas Cheer.
12/01/08
Top CriticA good start to the holiday season.
12/05/08
Top CriticWitherspoon works hard to convince us otherwise, but this is a miscast mess. Definitely a turkey rather than a Christmas pudding.
11/28/08
Top CriticThese embarrassing truths, indeed the entire film, take a great deal of hard swallowing. The mawkish ending is thoroughly predictable. But it’s not quite as ghastly as the ingredients might suggest.
11/28/08
Top CriticIn this egregious Christmas movie, Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon each demonstrate the classic "Hollywood romcom" face: waxy as a corpse, dead-eyed with self-loathing.
11/28/08
Top CriticFour Christmases is refreshingly tart and lean, forgoing the usual schmaltz and syrup of the season.
11/26/08
Top CriticOne and a half Christmases is about all that's worth celebrating in Four Christmases.
11/26/08
Top CriticSeveral maraschino cherries short of a fruitcake.
11/26/08
Top CriticThat's funny?
11/26/08
Top Critic[An] oddly misanthropic, occasionally amusing but thoroughly cheerless holiday attraction.
11/24/08
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Latest News for Four Christmases
November 30, 2008:
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November 28, 2008:
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November 26, 2008:
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November 25, 2008:
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