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StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

jc-osms An amiable if not outright funny Christmas-themed comedy with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as an unmarried long-term couple so set in their ways that they role-play nights out in bars to add spice to their relationship. This scene is probably the closest to laugh-out-loud funny in the whole movie as we move on to discover that their four mutually estranged parents are apparently so awful that they'll contrive imaginary charitable holidays to avoid meeting up with them. En route to an exotic holiday to Fiji, their ruse is busted when the flight is cancelled, they're caught off-guard in a TV news piece and inadvertently beamed into the homes of their families who all wonder why they never get to see them over the holidays. Shamed into the Christmas spirit, they make the rounds of their four crazy parents, well, three of them anyway before broody ideas hit Witherspoon's as she finds herself interacting with a succession of babies and infants. Vaughn of course doesn't want to give up their carefree child-free lifestyles but there are no prizes for guessing what makes up the happy ending.Obviously taking "Meet The Parents" as a major reference point, the film mostly manages to avoid crassness (apart from an episode where Witherspoon tries to get back a stolen pregnancy test from her young niece). There are amusing scenes where the hapless couple get roped into playing Mary and Joseph at a school nativity play and participate in a truth-telling board game.Vaughn and Witherspoon play well together and there's lots of celebrity support with Robert Duval impersonating De Niro's latter-day elderly curmudgeon schtick, Mary Steenbergen as a born-again yummy mummy although Sissy Spacek seems miscast as Vaughn's mother who's taken in her son's best pal as her live-in lover.The ending, where the duo apparently find the true meaning and happiness missing in their relationship by eventually having a kid of their own seems to cock an uncharitable snook at other couples who either can't or don't want to have children in their relationships but I'll chalk that one down to holiday sentimentality."Four Christmases" won't go down as an enduring Christmas classic, but with lots of Christmas decorations around and a variable quality soundtrack (Bing Crosby crooning "White Christmas" to a disco beat at the start of the film is a definite no-no) I found it a pleasant enough diversion this particular December as the big day approaches this year.

tieman64 Directed by Seth Gordon, "Four Christmases" stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as a couple who visit the homes of four relatives during the Christmas holidays. As these relatives as "quirky", much hilarity ensues.When it's attempting to be "dramatic", "touching" and "sweet", "Four Christmases" is mostly inept. When it's attempting to put forth a message – our lead characters teach us the importance of marriage and procreation - the film is even worse. Elevating things slightly are some funny moments by actor Vince Vaughn, whose improvisations and dead-pan ramblings help breakup Gordon's formulaic script. Jon Favreau steals the show as Vaughn's bizarre sibling.5/10 – Worth one viewing.

kirbyhogan 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.I would recommend Four Christmases just if you wanna see a cute holiday movie in the theater this year. Vince and Reese had good chemistry and this movie just represents the craziness of having to go to all the families every year for Christmas. There are some really good laughs here and there, I loved the scene where Reese played the Virgin Mary and Vince was Joesph in their church play and Reese just gets stage fright and freezes while Vince just makes a fool of himself on stage. Over all this is a cute movie, there's nothing special about it, but it's worth the look.

Writer_Commentary The point of Christmas movies is to find something that people would enjoy watching that time every year. Sadly, this is not one of those movies. After watching it once, I would not recommend it to anyone. There is no point to it. It isn't funny like it's supposed to be. Nothing interesting happens throughout the whole film. I can't think of anyone who would enjoy this. They are entitled to their opinions, but I don't enjoy this film. If you've never seen it, then don't waste your time with it. The characters in the film can't do what they want to do and decide to spend it with family, which, according to the film, is a bad thing. I really don't get it. Both parents are divorced and there are four separate Christmas celebrations to one day. But that really doesn't make a good movie. Nothing in it was funny and I would steer clear of junk like this.