Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Four Christmases

Play trailer 2:30 Poster for Four Christmases PG-13 Released Nov 26, 2008 1h 28m Holiday Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
25% Tomatometer 145 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
When their plans for an exotic vacation fall apart, unmarried couple Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) must spend Christmas Day trudging around to a quartet of family get-togethers. While Brad counts the hours till he can escape the onslaught of crazy relatives, Kate begins to wonder about her own choices and ponders whether her family members are so crazy after all.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

Four Christmases

Four Christmases

What to Know

Critics Consensus

Despite a strong cast, this sour holiday comedy suffers from a hackneyed script.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View All (145)
Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Rated: 1/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Evan Williams The Australian Projectile baby vomiting is a recurring gag. I cried mistletoe well before the film was halfway through. Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 12, 2008 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 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. Dec 9, 2008 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Four Christmases represents the kind of passable holiday comedy that Hollywood serves up every year. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 7, 2024 Full Review James Croot The Post NZ Is this the worst Hollywood festive rom-com ever made? Rated: 2/5 Jan 3, 2023 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Thanks to a satisfying performance by Witherspoon and Vaughn's dependable comic chops, Four Christmases is a modestly entertaining holiday film for the entire family. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 8, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+)
Blu B The first half of this is so annoying, loud and obnoxious screaming, terrible dumb gross out and slapstick and completely lacking in comedy, romance, or Christmas. The freakin trifecta of being a bad movie. Everything in the first half is just dumb jokes and if you take the visits and rearrange or cut stuff nothing changes at all. The storytelling is sloppy as anything and the blackmail they must've had on this all star cast is insane probably. Voight is good though to his credit but he's only in the second half. The second half it does get more sentimental, axes almost all the dumb obnoxious humor, and more than anything just slows down and becomes more of a traditional sort of Romcom/Christmas movie which to it's credit because the bar is so low here does wonders for it overall. The direction is very basic stuff also here. It's overall just very subpar but my god the first half reminds me of something like Click. Though that was better for or worse. It's very predictable the whole way, none of the characters are likeable at all, and it's where a Christmas movie was in 2008 mostly for worse. Skip This. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Cameron E. Hilarious, must watch w the parents Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/08/25 Full Review Ted S This is absolutely No Way this Movie only gets a 25% Tomatoes score. That's Criminal...Hilarious. Amazing Cast. I protest! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review O 2 This is not only one of the funniest movies of all time, Vince Vauhn delivers on so many levels! Don't listen to the naysayers, their delusional, my brother and i, have qouted this movie for over a decade. The premise delivers literally 4 Christmases where theryre forced to attend christmas with their 4 parents who have divorced. With facing different levels of dysfunctionality at each parents house, the laughs multiply as does Brad (Vince Vauhn) and Kate's (Reese Witherspoon) relationship, with a warm and hilarious ending. Do yourselves a favor and watch one of my top 5 movies of all time! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/25 Full Review Audience Member I thought all the scenes had funny aspects up until they break up. A boy named bjorn and Josephine the wrestling coach and the satellite installation dialogue was on point IMO Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Brady R The movie has all the potential to be a great comedy classic, but it's ruined by Reese's and Vince's inability to be funny. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews
Four Christmases

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW
The Holiday 51% 80% The Holiday Watchlist The Family Stone 52% 63% The Family Stone Watchlist TRAILER for The Family Stone New Year's Eve 7% 45% New Year's Eve Watchlist TRAILER for New Year's Eve Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 27% 40% Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Watchlist 27 Dresses 40% 57% 27 Dresses Watchlist TRAILER for 27 Dresses Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis When their plans for an exotic vacation fall apart, unmarried couple Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) must spend Christmas Day trudging around to a quartet of family get-togethers. While Brad counts the hours till he can escape the onslaught of crazy relatives, Kate begins to wonder about her own choices and ponders whether her family members are so crazy after all.
Director
Seth Gordon
Producer
Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Bruce Berman, Jonathan Glickman
Screenwriter
Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Spyglass Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sexual Humor|Language)
Genre
Holiday, Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$120.1M
Runtime
1h 28m
Most Popular at Home Now