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Deck the Halls

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Steve (Matthew Broderick), suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, finds a wrinkle in his well-ordered existence with the arrival of his new neighbor Danny (Danny DeVito). Danny has big dreams and plans to illuminate his house with enough holiday lights to make it visible from space. Not to be outdone, Steve declares a war of one-upmanship with Danny that threatens to drag the Christmas spirit through the slush.
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Relying on flat humor and a preposterous plot, Deck the Halls is an unnecessarily mean-spirited holiday movie that does little to put viewers in a holiday mood.

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Joshua Land Time Out Laden with false climaxes, the overstuffed plot leaves you exhausted well before the movie ends, and the amiable actors sleepwalk through their uninspired roles. Rated: 2/6 Apr 14, 2007 Full Review Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle What's interesting about typical Hollywood Christmas movies is that regardless of how crass, vulgar, or mean-spirited they may be, by the last scene they will inevitably try to wrap viewers in a blanket of warm seasonal cheer. Rated: 1.5/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Sam Toy Empire Magazine Got any kids who've been naughty this year? Here's their present. Rated: 1/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Still as thin as an advent calendar, as dry and overcooked as most Christmas roasts and with jokes even lamer than you'll find in a cracker, 15 years on, Deck has truly cemented its place as one of the all-time festive Hollywood turkeys. Rated: 1.5/5 Dec 13, 2021 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews There's ultimately not a whole lot contained within Deck the Halls worth getting interest in or excited about... Rated: 2/4 Dec 18, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com How do you have Matthew Broderick looking uncomfortable doing physical comedy when physical comedy and wit are his gifts? Rated: 1.0/4.0 Sep 5, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jonathan O This is a true meaning of bad Christmas movie is really offensively crude, very rude and very very unfunny Christmas family movie and glad it didn't make a academy award Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review The H Can't recommend it unless you love Danny Devito, but even then the movie lacks just about everything, could've been funnier, could've been better written, I mean the fact that they're selling dead brand Chryslers is kind of entertaining. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review yaco f Its a Christmas movie for older successful men who know their worth. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Marco M Maybe not as good as Home Alone and such well known Christmas Movies, but it is not so bad either. Lots of laughs and solid performances by DeVito and Broderick. Watched it with my family several times now and still like it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/26/24 Full Review Karsten K Where’s the Christmas spirit?!? All this movie was, was a fight between two neighbors over lights. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/26/24 Full Review Candace M Absolutely awful. I have never wanted to give a movie 0 stars like this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Steve (Matthew Broderick), suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, finds a wrinkle in his well-ordered existence with the arrival of his new neighbor Danny (Danny DeVito). Danny has big dreams and plans to illuminate his house with enough holiday lights to make it visible from space. Not to be outdone, Steve declares a war of one-upmanship with Danny that threatens to drag the Christmas spirit through the slush.
Director
John Whitesell
Producer
Michael Costigan, Arnon Milchan, John Whitesell
Screenwriter
Don Rhymer, Matt Corman, Chris Ord
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
New Regency Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Rating
PG (Language|Crude and Suggestive Humor)
Genre
Holiday, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$35.1M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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