Four Christmases

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Four Christmases

PG-13

2008

1h 28m

Holiday

Romance

Comedy

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

You can see most of the big slapstick set-pieces looming long before they hit but there are a few smaller routines that pack a punch just because they have an unexpectedly manic tilt to them.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 8, 2008

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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

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Is this the worst Hollywood festive rom-com ever made?

Rated: 2/5

Jan 3, 2023

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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

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Logan G.

Four Christmases is a funny holiday movie with a great cast.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/25

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Joshua J.

I think this is funny it’s supposed to be stupid

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 28 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Some Sexual Humor and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $120,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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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

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Cameron E.

Hilarious, must watch w the parents

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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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

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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

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