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Four Christmases (2008)

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Reviews Counted:139

Fresh:35

Rotten:104

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: Despite a strong cast, this sour holiday comedy suffers from a hackneyed script.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some sexual humor and language

Runtime: 1 hr. 28 min.

Genre: Comedy

Theatrical Release: Nov 26, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $120.1M

Synopsis: A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. [More]

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Katy Mixon, Colleen Camp, Jeanette Miller, Jack Donner, Steve Wiebe, Zak Boggan, Skyler Gisondo, True Bella, Patrick Van Horn, Cedric Yarbrough, Brian Baumgartner, Peter Billingsley

Director: Seth Gordon

Director: Seth Gordon
Screenwriter: Matt Allen , Caleb Wilson
Producer: Gary Barber , Jonathan Glickman , Roger Birnbaum
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Maybe if Four Christmases had extended itself beyond white trash targets and projectile vomiting, we could've been talking about a new Christmas classic right now.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
Dec 17, 2009
William Goss
William Goss
Cinematical

Movie-goers heading to see the romantic comedy Four Christmases might want comedy, Christmas cheer and chemistry, but nobody gets everything on his wish list.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
Dec 11, 2009
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

How many Academy Award winners can a studio put in one cast and still turn out a bad movie?

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment 1 Comment
Nov 19, 2009
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Although not a yuletide classic, Four Christmases is better than most of the holiday-oriented slop put out in recent years.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

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 Source: Miss FlickChick | comment Comment
Mar 2, 2009
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
Miss FlickChick

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 Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
Jan 4, 2009
Jolene Mendez
Jolene Mendez
Entertainment Spectrum

Grows tired long before the end credits start rolling at the 80-minute mark.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
Dec 27, 2008
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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 Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
Dec 24, 2008
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

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 Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
Dec 17, 2008
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

Projectile baby vomiting is a recurring gag. I cried mistletoe well before the film was halfway through.

Full Review Source: The Australian | comment Comment
Dec 12, 2008
Evan Williams
Evan Williams
The Australian

Feels both too cluttered and too safe.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
Dec 9, 2008
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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 Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Dec 9, 2008
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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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 Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Dec 8, 2008
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

An embarassment for all involved.

Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2008
Charles Koplinski
Charles Koplinski
Illinois Times

Four Christmases boasts one of the most impressive casts ever assembled to make a movie that is, at best, only mildly amusing.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2008
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

A good start to the holiday season.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment 3 Comments
Dec 5, 2008
Jason Di Rosso
Jason Di Rosso
MovieTime, ABC Radio National

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 Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
Dec 4, 2008
Erin Free
Erin Free
FILMINK (Australia)

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 Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
Dec 4, 2008
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)

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 Source: Fresno Bee | comment Comment
Dec 3, 2008
Donald Munro
Donald Munro
Fresno Bee

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 Source: New York Press | comment Comment
Dec 3, 2008
Simon Abrams
Simon Abrams
New York Press
 
 
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