Four Christmases: Three Christmases too many.
Movie Reviews November 30th. 2008, 12:42amHow many dysfunctional family holiday films have to be made? Apparently at least one each year. Get a bunch of well known Hollywood names (plus a couple country music stars) and it’ll make money, or so you hope. Maybe big meals and our own dysfunctional families make us stupid enough to keep going to these mediocre (at best) movies, or maybe these pathetic characters make us feel better about ourselves in comparison. I don’t know. Maybe my expectations are too high. There were a number of people in the theater who giggled at every every cliche situation and tittered at every sexual innuendo, so perhaps Hollywood is giving the masses what they want. I like Vince Vaughn and he is wasted in this setting. The out takes have to be funnier than what is left in the movie. When baby puke is the funniest thing in your film, you might want to go back to the story board. I was disappointed by the lack of anything new or innovative in the entire movie. You’ll laugh more at your own family stories than this movie.