Synopsis
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.
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Cast
- Vince VaughnBrad McVie
- Reese WitherspoonKate
- Robert DuvallHoward McVie
- Sissy SpacekPaula
- Mary SteenburgenMarilyn
- Jon VoightCreighton
- Kristin ChenowethCourtney
- Jon FavreauDenver McVie
- Tim McGrawDallas McVie
- Katy MixonSusan McVie
Recommendations
- 75
Charlotte Observer
Vaughn delivers every line with his usual deadpan glibness, which suits the part. But I smiled as I watched the big-bellied, multi-chinned actor connecting with the porcelain, model-thin Witherspoon. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Crassly enjoyable. - 50
ReelViews
Four Christmases is waste of time and a disappointment, but it's also relatively painless. - 50
USA Today
The film has its funny moments, but they are too few to make the holiday excursion worthwhile. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Neither clever nor heartwarming, Four Christmases is the coal in the stocking of holiday movies. - 42
The A.V. Club
The result is two bad movies in one: a gimmicky romantic comedy, and one of those seasonal headaches that submits loud family dysfunction as a vehicle for Christmas cheer. - 40
Variety
Oddly misanthropic, occasionally amusing but thoroughly cheerless holiday attraction that is in no way a family film. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
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.
