An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen. Was this review helpful to you? Brad’s brother and his wife clearly know each other very well and like many long time couples have a sort of shorthand language that is spoken only by the two of them. “He’ll be back.” Denver’s wife assures an uncomfortable Kate. Some character development for the couple, but mostly these are stock situations with stock characters with standard dialogue appropriate for each situation. The actors all do a good job, as do the costumers, lighting people, set designers, photographer, and casting. Four Christmases is mildy amusing but fails to live up to its potential. Video availability outside of United States varies. Pushes the message that families are the most important things in life. Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018. Sex is often referred to or is the punch line of jokes. It is sometimes a slightly naughty romantic comedy and it sometimes has dark humor, such as when Kate body slams the kids in the balloon jumper. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Four Christmases - Various Artists on AllMusic - 2008 I could have been put off this film by some of the negative reviews but I actually loved this film!!! An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. It definitely has its moments, but it just never quite finds its footing. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman. By the fourth, all may seem lost, but there’s a grinding “family is great” message which makes the outcome inevitable and predictable. An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life. Robert Duvall, Mary Steenburgen, Sissy Spacek, and Jon Voight play the parents with little screen time, and only Duvall leaves much of an impression as an embittered shell of a man. A major fog blanket rolls over the city and ruins their plans for a holiday vacation in Fiji. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The couple then visits Kate's overly affectionate mother and a den of cougars, an episode in which it is revealed Kate had a childhood weight problem and a possible lesbian past. BRATTY KIDS, AND A INFLATABLE CHRISTMAS CASTLE. Vaughn gets to shine in a Christmas pageant scene where he basks in the limelight of his ham-fisted stage debut. The funniest moments are the more surreal ones. Written by This rudely rambunctious, intermittently funny 2008 holiday comedy is a supreme case of Hollywood overkill along the lines of Jay Roach's "Meet the Fockers". Otherwise, don't bother. The set-up is ripe with potential. Do they know each other well enough to weather the storms families bring? Brad’s dad is your stereotypical white trash movie character. The first home the couple drops by belongs to Brad's redneck father, where his other sons, cage-fighting brothers Denver and Dallas tackle Brad with painful wrestling moves. I saw the trailer for this movie when it first came to the cinema and thought it would be quite rubbish, actually I wasn't going to buy it even though I like watching Vince Vaughn movies unless my wife didn't say she wanted it. With Tim Allen cornering the market on family holiday films, Four Christmases should have gone the darker route paved by Bad Santa and skewered more childish Holiday traditions.