Four Christmases DVD Review Film (2008)

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F OUR CHRISTMASES DVD REVIEW

Certificate: 12A

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Chris' Verdict On Four Christmases DVD review: 6/10- "It
seems a long, long time since there was a good Christmas based
film to hit the screens and it looks like we will be waiting a little
longer. Despite the promising cast, the film disappoints."

Ellie's Verdict on Four Christmases DVD review: 4/10- "I really
like Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughan but I still did not enjoy
this film. While the basic plot of the film seems ok, the main flaw is
that it is an unfunny comedy than lacks any depth at all. "

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Film Release date: 14th November 2008

Four Christmases DVD Review

Four Christmases stars to of Hollywood's favourite actors, Vince Vaughan and
Reese Witherspoon. The two stars play Brad and Kate respectively. The two are a
typical, relatively wealthy, San Francisco couple that decide to travel the world at
Christmas rather than taking the time to spend the family holiday with their family.
The excuses themselves are terrible, they use the pretence that they are doing
charity work abroad when instead they are jet setting to some of the most popular
holiday destinations. However, this Christmas promises to be very different and
there get away scheme is exposed when a local news crew films them trying to
catch their cancelled flight at the airport. After the news report, the two have to
tour their divorced parents which means Four Christmases. Along the way, that
might some interesting parents played by some of Hollywood's best including
Robert Duvall and Jon Voight.

Four Christmases has a number of fundamental problems that prevent it from ever
becoming the success it might have been. One of these problems is the
inconsistency in the theme of the film. Even the type of humour changes from the
start to the end. There are moments of more slap-stick and then attempted depth.
Rather than being a good blend of the two it is a pretty bad mix that never really
managed to work. Moreover, Seth Gordon, the director, must also take the blame
for the disappointing climax. There is plenty of time to fit in a decent ending but
instead the crescendo of the Four Christmases is crammed into a relatively short
final scene that left me disappointed. The crucial errors in the basis of the film
might have been redeemed had Four Christmases been hilarious. However, the
humour is quite distasteful in parts and relatively poor. For example, a baby
vomiting over Reese Witherspoon is really not that funny at all and actually
cringe-worthy. Nevertheless, there are some scenes that are really funny but they
are simply not enough to save the film.

For those you that are simply wanting to see this film because of the cast then you
are partly justified in your decision. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughan are
both excellent and there are some humorous cameos from Robert Duvall and
others as the estranged family of the couple. Vince Vaughan is likely to come
under criticism for appearing in both Four Christmases and Fred Claus but in my
opinion the film's potential poor showing is not the cast's fault. Ultimately, Four
Christmases is destined to have poor results at the box office despite the
Christmas theme. Although the cast all provide decent performances and there
are some laughs, there is simply not enough to make the film worth going to see.
For me, the ending of the film is symbolical of the disappointment that I felt. For
Vince Vaughan, I think he should look carefully at the script before deciding to
make another Christmas themed movie.

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