Four Christmases

A crafty couple run the Christmas Day gauntlet by racing to visit their divorced parents' four separate households in this Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon comedy that proves the holidays are no time for relaxing. Brad (Vaughn) and Kate (Witherspoon) have made something of an art form out of avoiding ...more

Four Christmases is everything that a Christmas comedy should be. It's honest, funny, and heartfelt. Director Seth Gordon successfully tackles "the divorced family Christmas," portraying the struggle of a couple visiting the homes of their respective divorced parents on one Christmas Day. Gordon paces the film perfectly, and stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon ignite one uproarious laugh after another. Vaughn is as brilliant as he's ever been, and his chemistry with Witherspoon is vibrant. ...more

Holiday comedies are basically a pass/fail situation; almost no movie produced exclusively for people who are already at the mall and feeling seasonally inclined from hearing the Muzak version of "Santa Baby" 18 times is going to be an opus of hilarity. Holiday movies can, however, be really bad (or at least really mediocre, which is arguably worse), so it's not like there's nothing to strive for in the genre. Lucky for Four Christmases, it passes -- not with flying colors, but not by the skin ...more