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Four Christmases

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Original title

Four Christmases

Year

2008

Running time

88 min.

Country

United States

Director

Seth Gordon

Screenwriter

Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson

Cast

Music

Alex Wurman

Cinematography

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Producer

New Line Cinema

Genre

Comedy. Drama. Romance | Christmas

Synopsis

A couple struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation-and unable to escape-they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened…and their very future together uncertain. As Brad counts the hours to when he can get away from their parents, step-parents, siblings and an assortment of nieces and nephews, Kate is starting to hear the ticking of a different kind of clock. And by the end of the day, she is beginning to wonder if their crazy families’ choices are not so crazy after all.

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Critics' reviews

"We got two gold-record singers and they don't sing? So? We got five Oscar-winning actors, and they don't need to act much (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Bad enough to create one of the most joyless Christmas movies ever, but then to go for an unearned feel-good ending adds insult to injury."

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"The picture, briskly directed by Seth Gordon from a snappy, many-authored script, is refreshingly tart and lean, forgoing the usual schmaltz and syrup."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"[An] oddly misanthropic, occasionally amusing but thoroughly cheerless holiday attraction"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Though 'Four Christmases' is predictable and sort of comes off like a hybrid episode of 'Family Feud' and 'Girls Gone Wild', it's hard to resist Vaughn and Witherspoon's appeal (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

S. Jhoanna Robledo: Common Sense Media
"One and a half Christmases is about all that's worth celebrating in Four Christmases. (...) The film has its funny moments, but they are too few to make the holiday excursion worthwhile. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)."

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"Witherspoon works hard to convince us otherwise, but this is a miscast mess (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Helen O'Hara: Empire

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