Four Christmases (2008)
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Reviews Counted:138
Fresh:35
Rotten:103
Average Rating:4.3/10
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
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 2.5/5 |
Projectile baby vomiting is a recurring gag. I cried mistletoe well before the film was halfway through. Full Review |
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 3.5/5 |
You 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. Full Review |
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Filled 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. Full Review |
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1/4 |
An 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. Full Review |
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A 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. Full Review |
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4/10 |
How many Academy Award winners can a studio put in one cast and still turn out a bad movie? Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Although not a yuletide classic, Four Christmases is better than most of the holiday-oriented slop put out in recent years. Full Review |
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For all of its snarky holiday/family bashing, Four Christmases wimps out in the third act and reaffirms all the traditional values it affects to mock. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Maybe catch one of the other hundred holiday films to be offered over the next few weeks and wait for Four Christmases to come to your local Red Box. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Grows tired long before the end credits start rolling at the 80-minute mark. Full Review |
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1/5 |
There is no spark to the humor, there is no warmth to the drama. There is a tired plot that whips the essence of every Christmas movie ever made into a dreary slog Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Feels like they wanted to make 5 different holiday movies and couldn't decide which plot line was best, so they rolled them all together, glossing over everything. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Feels both too cluttered and too safe. Full Review |
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This is marginally better than most, with a few offbeat comic ideas, a reliably droll performance from Vaughn, and, as the parents, four watchable old troupers in search of a fat paycheck. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
An embarassment for all involved. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Four Christmases boasts one of the most impressive casts ever assembled to make a movie that is, at best, only mildly amusing. Full Review |
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A good start to the holiday season. Full Review |
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There are worse holiday-related ways to spend your time than Four Christmases, I suppose. Making a three-hour drive to grandmother's house in pea-soup fog, for one. Full Review |
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Four Christmases is the kind of film that you should only watch if you’re trapped on an airline and can’t fall asleep, the kind of holiday film that makes Jingle All the Way look like a cinematic tour de force. Full Review |
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So monstrously awful that it will probably make a fortune, spawn sequels and cause a mania for gags involving projectile-vomiting babies. Full Review |
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