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.
CommentDec 17, 2009
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.
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. [More]
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek
Director: Seth Gordon
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REVIEWS FOR FOUR CHRISTMASES
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.
Dec 11, 2009
How many Academy Award winners can a studio put in one cast and still turn out a bad movie?
Nov 19, 2009
Although not a yuletide classic, Four Christmases is better than most of the holiday-oriented slop put out in recent years.
Aug 30, 2009
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.
Mar 2, 2009
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.
Jan 4, 2009
Grows tired long before the end credits start rolling at the 80-minute mark.
Dec 27, 2008
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
Dec 24, 2008
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.
Dec 17, 2008
Projectile baby vomiting is a recurring gag. I cried mistletoe well before the film was halfway through.
Dec 12, 2008
Feels both too cluttered and too safe.
Dec 9, 2008
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.
Dec 9, 2008
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.
Dec 8, 2008
An embarassment for all involved.
Dec 6, 2008
Four Christmases boasts one of the most impressive casts ever assembled to make a movie that is, at best, only mildly amusing.
Dec 6, 2008
A good start to the holiday season.
Dec 5, 2008
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.
Dec 4, 2008
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.
Dec 4, 2008
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.
Dec 3, 2008
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.
Dec 3, 2008
LATEST NEWS FOR FOUR CHRISTMASES
November 30, 2008:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Four Christmases has a lot to be thankful for this weekend
Four Christmases had a sensational Thanksgiving weekend in the number one spot. Bolt picked up the pace while the sun started to set on Twilight.
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November 26, 2008:
Box Office Guru Preview: Vince & Reese Offer Holiday Cheer
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend sees a wide variety of films in the multiplexes giving all kinds of moviegoers something to see over the extended five-day session. Leading the trio of star-driven new...
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November 25, 2008:
Critics Consensus: Four Christmases Gets Coal
This week at the movies, we've got yuletide yucks (Four Christmases, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), an epic from Down Under (Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman), and...
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November 17, 2008:
Seth Gordon Talks King of Kong Remake
"King of Kong" director Seth Gordon has moved into the big time with "Four Christmases" -- but, as he tells Collider, he isn't done with "Kong" just yet.
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September 16, 2008:
Trailer Bulletin: Four Christmases
Think Christmas with your family is a drag? Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon will show you just how bad things can be in November's "Four Christmases" -- and you can take a look at the trailer now,...
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