Maybe everything changes when two people fail to spend their favorite holidays. The story began when their plans for a strange holiday collapse. At that moment, both unmarried couples, Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon), should spend Christmas Day suffering to visit all four divorced parents, which may seem annoying and strange.
Gordon's stars are charmless, his script cheerless, and his sterling supporting cast can't seem to figure out what they've been brought on board to do.
Movie-goers heading to see the romantic comedy Four Christmases might want comedy, Christmas cheer and chemistry, but nobody gets everything on his wish list.
We've enjoyed their cocky selfishness; just as much, we bask in schadenfreude when they get guilted into making the familial trail of tears.
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December 17, 2009
Maybe if Four Christmases had extended itself beyond white trash targets and projectile vomiting, we could've been talking about a new Christmas classic right now.
This is marginally better than most, with a few offbeat comic ideas, a reliably droll performance from Vaughn, and, as the parents, four watchable old troupers in search of a fat paycheck.
