- FOUR CHRISTMASES BLU-RAY (BLU-RAY DISC)
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When your significant other tells you you both need an exit "safe word" before you enter his dad's Christmas gathering, you know you're not in Bedford Falls. But while Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon may not be It's a Wonderful Life's George and Mary Bailey, Four Christmases is a modern holiday classic in its own right. For one thing, every family neurosis and dysfunction have taken root in the four families of Vaughn and Witherspoon's characters, Brad and Kate--and the s... More >>
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It seems every year Hollywood busts out a Christmas movie that makes people wonder where has Christmas magic gone? While Deck The Halls was my all time worst Christmas film, this one is a close second. I wanted to walk out after the first half hour. There are a few laughs but the script it poor and it feels like forced acting. If there is a sequel, god help us all.
Rating: 1 / 5
Worse movie I’ve seen in years. Should be rated R with all the F words in it. I gave it a “one star” and that was generous.
Rating: 1 / 5
Here is yet another Christmas movie that leaves no stereotypical stone unturned. From the randy grandma character (“Wedding Crashers”, “The Wedding Singer” . . . seriously, why do writers NEVER get sick of this character? It’s not remotely funny anymore.) to the bonehead brothers to the father who resents his son’s success, the gang is all here. Vince Vaughn does his usual oblivious insensitive boyfriend thing and the script these cardboard cut-out characters are given to work with hits you over the head with its obvious themes of family, bonding and babies. After the “perfect” couple show off their vibrant sex life (pretending to meet at a bar as strangers and getting it on in a bathroom) and give a giant anti-kids and marriage speech, you already know that this entire movie will be devoted to quickly changing at least one of their minds about all their ideas of what happiness is supposed to be. And so Reese Witherspoon is handed a baby at practically every house, so she can suddenly start thinking “Gee, I guess I’m missing out on something with my successful relationship and career. I’d better get knocked up or I’ll never feel fulfilled as a woman!” And at every house, they get to see a couple that “really know each other,” no matter how poor or uneducated they may be, to drive home the point that the two leads don’t really know each other at all, despite being together for three years. Their favorite thing to do when they’re together is pretend to be other people, get it? They were never really themselves, and therefore their relationship is flawed. You can figure out for yourself how the rest this sap-fest movie ends.
You know what I’d love to see? Just once, a movie where a woman realizes that it’s okay to live a life without children to “fulfill” her and to start realizing instead that kids are expensive, smelly, whiny, fatigue-inducing ungrateful little germ-infested noisemakers who drain both your sanity and your wallet that you’re stuck with for the rest of your life, and then waltz off into the sunset living happily ever after while her friends sacrifice their vacations and dreams so they can sock money away into a college fund that their kid will decide not to use when they drop out after one semester to join a rock band.
But hey, that’s just me and I have weird tastes. I like movies where I can’t see every twist coming and don’t leave it feeling as if someone’s force-fed me enough sugar to put me into a diabetic coma. You may be different, and if so please enjoy every rancid moment of this pathetic holiday fruitcake.
Rating: 1 / 5
If you are just looking for a comedy, this will do passingly well. It is not a great movie by any means and I probably would have gone 2 1/2 stars had it been possible. I was entertained and I got to see the movie for free so I can easily say I got my money’s worth. On the flip side, if you are looking for a movie to give you the Christmas spirit or something feel good, there are probably better options. The movie is not about four years of Christmas, it is about a couple having to spend Christmases whith each divorced parent in a single day. I am sure the main intent of the movie is to simply be funny. But, the thrashing that the family image takes on each visit is almost irreparable by the last 10 minutes in which the movie attempts to redeem the positives of a companion and children. Don’t get me wrong, I am not married and have my own doubts. This movie did absolutely nothing to improve the image and the token scene in the end was of almost no value in smoothing over a fairly depressing depiction of all the ways family can suck. I recommend it for a rental and I still think it is worth a watch for the right reasons. It is just a comedy.
Rating: 3 / 5
This film did not impress me. I read some reviews beforehand, and figured that it wasn’t a masterpiece by any means.
It feels like it was thrown together at the last minute, and both of the leads look totally bored most of the time. Don’t get me wrong, there were some really funny moments in the film, but unfortunately, most of the film was rather weak, even stupid. You can tell that Vince Vaughn tries to save the day through improvisation.
See it if you have nothing else to do, or you could just wait for the DVD, which is what I wish that I had done.
Rating: 2 / 5