I haven't been to the cinema in months and now I've been twice in three days. After the awful crap that was Twilight I was a bit apprehensive with this film, but it had some good actors in it and I expected something good. With the likes of Vince Vaughn and Reece Witherspoon I thought it would ... Read review
Every Christmas happily unmarried Brad and Kate (Vince Vaughn and Reece Witherspoon) ... more
escape divorced parents and exasperating relatives by getting on a plane. This year a fog rolls in that even Rudolph's nose couldn't illuminate the airport shuts down...
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has to visit four different sets of parents as a result of divorce. Seth Gordon, director of the highly praised documentary THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, makes a move into narrative territory with this holiday film.
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn pair up for this Christmas comedy about a couple who ... more
has to visit four different sets of parents as a result of divorce. Seth Gordon, director of the highly praised documentary THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, makes a move into narrative territory with this holiday film.
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...parents and spend Christmas around four different houses. Here they realise that despite the fact that they may spend all the time in the world together, they don't really know each other.
==The Cast==
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==Brad- Vince Vaughn==
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He's never been a great actor in my eyes, he's always attempted it and he's been in some good films, but has never really made ... ...film he's no difference, he talks a hundred miles a minute and half the time you find yourself tuning him out. I don't think he brought much to this role, neither him or Witherspoon were likeable within this film, which was weird as they're usually captivating and interesting, but I have to say I couldn't be assed to care about them.
I haven't been to the cinema in months and now I've been twice in three days. After the awful crap that was Twilight I was a bit apprehensive with this film, but it had some good actors in it and I expected something good. With the likes of Vince Vaughn and Reece Witherspoon I thought it would be brilliant, usually her films are very funny. We sat down to watch the film, with higher hopes than what we did with Twilight, but as soon as we get into it, we realise it may even be worse than Twilight.
The Plot
------------Kate & Brad are a couple who do everything together, they both come from dysfunctional families so rather spend Christmas together in exotic locations rather than spend it with their families. However after unforeseen circumstances they are forced to stay in San Francisco and deal with their divorced parents and spend Christmas around four different houses. Here they realise that despite the fact that they may spend all the time in the world together, they don't really know each other.
The Cast
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Brad- Vince Vaughn
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He's never been a great actor in my eyes, he's always attempted it and he's been in some good films, but has never really made it onto my radar as a fantastic actor. In this film he's no difference, he talks a hundred miles a minute and half the time you find yourself tuning him out. I don't think he brought much to this role, neither him or Witherspoon were likeable within this film, which was weird as they're usually captivating and interesting, but I have to say I couldn't be assed to care about them.
Kate- Reece Witherspoon
---------------------------------Witherspoon is usually a brilliant actress, she's been in some great films from Legally Blonde to Just Like Heaven and has always been a brilliant actress. She always has the likeability factor within films, however within this film she didn't. I didn't find myself connected to her; I didn't care about what happened or anything like that. I'm unsure if that's because of Witherspoon herself of the stupid script that she was delft with.
My Opinion
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I have just found out that this film may be so crap due to the fact that the script was stuck, unlike most films, where the script changes throughout the film to give a better feel to the film as it goes on, they were not allowed to change anything due to the writers' strike. This may be why it's awful, but I think it was heading that way anyway.
Why didn't I enjoy the film? Well first things first like I said, the cast was boring, I did not connect with any of the characters and found them all to be bland and just not funny. With a family comedy you really do expect something more than this but the acting was just bearable.
The main problem for me was the comedy, or the lack of comedy. I really can't recall laughing throughout and I'm the sort of person who spends hours laughing at a laughing cow, so it doesn't really take a lot to make me laugh. They didn't just use slapstick comedy within this film, because sometimes that is quite funny, they also went for the extreme, there's one scene where Witherspoon hurls a bunch of kids over her shoulder, and the brothers of Vaughn's character, keep beating him up for like 10 minutes. I found myself cringing rather than laughing, trying to work out who thought this was funny.
I have seen a lot of crap Romance Comedy's in my time, but I think this could come close to the worse that I have seen. It's not funny, there's not good acting, despite the fact that the film has 5 Oscar winners in the film, this shocked me as none of the acting was good, but it 5 of the actors were Oscar winners, I think someone really did do something wrong.
Should you buy it/watch it?
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No, it's awful, it's really awful. I think this will be the last film I see at the cinema in 2008 and of course it's awful. It had to be. I think the film could have been better, I wasn't expecting much as it was a romantic Christmas comedy, but I was expecting more than what I got. It was boring, the laughs if any were too young for adults and too mature for children, most of the jokes were slapstick and more cringe worthy than anything.
This film should have been good, due to all the great actors in it, but it never quite came close. It's a shame, but stay away from this film. Not good.
Advantages: Funny, Good Cast, Christmasy!! Disadvantages: Could of been better
As soon as I saw Four Christmases Advertised I had to see it. Vince Vaughn and Reece Witherspoon make numerous appearances in my dvd collection so I knew more than likely i would probably love this film.
The trailer looked great, like a great Christmas Comedy, perfect to put me in the Xmas Mood!!
The Film is about a couple, Brad (Vince Vaughan) and Kate (Reece Witherspoon), the pair are happy, what some would say,the perfect couple. They aren't ... ...off to celebrate Christmas on four different visits. They decide to use the word 'Mistletoe' as a code word to make a quick escape. And within minutes of entering the houses Mistletoe is often heard.
Whilst at the houses we learn hidden secrets from the past and the pairs relationship is pushed to the limit. They learn a lot which they didn't know about the other, things which they are shocked to discover. The pair thought they knew everything about ...
bmthkatie 29.12.2008 (06.12.2008)
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Advantages: funny, not predictable, great acting Disadvantages: violence
...Christmas is coming soon. The Four Christmases is a romantic comedy made in 2008 starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. The film was directed by Seth Gordon. He debuted as a film director in The King of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters. Previously he worked as film editor and producer. The classification of Four Christmases is 12 years and over. The running time is 88 minutes. Main Cast: --------------- Reese Witherspoon – Kate Vince Vaughn – Brad ... ...it has the title of four Christmases. What happens next? Watch the film and you will know it. It is worth. My opinion: ---------------- It was a Christmas movie, but it was a funny one. I really enjoyed this film. I like the leading actors and the story was really good. There were nice twists in it so the end of the film wasn’t obvious. I think Reese Witherspoon is a very talented actress. I have seen her in Legally Blond films and she was brilliant ...
D_i_a_n_e 17.11.2009
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Advantages: Some fairly enjoyable parts... Disadvantages: Not that comic , fairly poor acting...
Four Christmases DVD Reveiw
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It was around the start of December and obviousdly christmas was coming closer and closer each day. I wanted something to get me in the mood for christmas as I had a lot on my plate before this time. I went with a few friends to see a film called Four Christmases. I had heard good things about how hilarious and how well the acting is in this film, but I had a completely different ... ...===The Plot===
Four Christmases is about a couple (Brad McVie and Kate) who haven't married as of yet. They live in San Francisco. They go on holiday each year at christmas time for a relaxing time together so that they don't have to spend time with their annoying familes so they sit back and enjoy the time they have because life with their family is a disaster. Their parents are divorced and have annoying children that they don't seem to be overly ...
Jordan2493 27.03.2009
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Advantages: Brilliant main actors, great storyline, fun festive film Disadvantages: Lack of chemistry between Vaughn and Witherspoon, most of comedy in trailers, got a bit silly
...at the prospect of visiting four parents on Christmas day. And each visit is just as bad as the thought they'd be. When stories are told and secrets are revealed the couple are in for many shocks when they find out things about the other that they never knew. Faced with the truth, the couple must decide what they each really want from their relationship. ~ Cast ~ Brad - Vince Vaughn Kate - Reese Witherspoon Howard - Robert Duvall Creighton - Jon ... ...trusty Cineworld passes to see Four Christmases. With a great pair as the main castings and a funny storyline what could go wrong? Well it turns out that quite a bit can go wrong. This is one of those annoying films that shows every single funny part in the trailers, and I mean every single funny part. So, other than the funniest parts which we'd already seen, we were left with only a few more tamer comical moments which didn't really get going and ...
frankiefromings13 31.07.2009
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Advantages: Were there any? Disadvantages: The list is endless
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn with a host of other well-known actors, including Robert Duval, Sissy Spacek and Jon Favreau, in a Christmas movie- sounds great, right? Can't go wrong? Oh boy, did it go wrong. Even though the premise has potential to be your typical family comedy, the movie itself becomes a little too serious for what it says it's going to be- marriage, families, commitment, lies, how your parents mess you up for life. All these ... ...my opinion. Comedy-wise, I laughed- ONCE. Something tickled me about twenty five minutes in to the film, but that was it really. There was the odd moment where I thought I might smile, but cage-fighting brothers and cradle-snatching mothers, childhood traumas and fat camp jokes aren't really that funny. In fact, they are kind of predictable. It wasn't quite slapstick, more what I call "stupid comedy"- as in, if you're feeling kinda silly/ stupid, ...
chellbian 05.11.2009
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Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn pair up for this Christmas comedy about a couple who has to visit four different sets of parents as a result of divorce. Seth Gordon, director of the highly praised documentary THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, makes a move into narrative territory with this holiday film.
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