cricketbat Four Christmases attempts to be a humorous heartwarming holiday movie about modern-day scrooges, but it ends up being too negative for its own good. The predictable "lesson learned" ending seems too short and tacked on. There were some funny moments, but I don't think I'll watch this one again.

adonis98-743-186503 A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas. Four Christmases is no masterpiece and it's clearly something that you have seen before a lot of times but it's an overall good film with both Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon having a really good chemistry together the rest of the cast was really great too such as Jon Favreau, Jon Voight, Sissy Spacek, Robert Duvall, Kristin Chenoweth and Mary Steenburgen. Overall Four Christmases is funny most of the time and the chemistry between the whole cast is really good but if you except anything more than that you gonna be left disappointed (9/10).

Python Hyena Four Christmases (2008): Dir: Seth Gordon / Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Mary Steenbergen, Sissy Spacek: Mediocre holiday comedy about getting the most out of life. That could be largely aided by just avoiding this film altogether. Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon try to avoid family at Christmas but when they are unable too, they are put in a position where they must visit both sets of divorced parents in one day. This becomes a headache to them as well as those viewing the film. The premise is rushed but the concept was stale to begin with. Formula storytelling and a predictable outcome also fails to materialize this beyond the list of worst Christmas films. Director Seth Gordon is backed by fine performances by Vaughn and Witherspoon but veteran supporting cast that includes Robert Duvall and Mary Steenburgen are a waste. Vaughn must face certain facts that have the potential to threaten his marriage and other relationships, although one can understand his dismay at the reality of a former friend marrying his mother. Witherspoon now decides that she wants children, as if that must be the ultimate goal for a family. The veteran actors can only relish the shame that unfolds. Sissy Spacek in particular is a shameful waste barely uttering a word, but then again, this is a massive step down from Coal Minor's Daughter. Crammed together mess results in four times the waste of time. Score: 4 / 10

kirbyhogan When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation-and unable to escape-they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened...and their very future together uncertain. As Brad counts the hours to when he can get away from their parents, step-parents, siblings and an assortment of nieces and nephews, Kate is starting to hear the ticking of a different kind of clock. And by the end of the day, she is beginning to wonder if their crazy families' choices are not so crazy after all.I would recommend Four Christmases just if you wanna see a cute holiday movie in the theater this year. Vince and Reese had good chemistry and this movie just represents the craziness of having to go to all the families every year for Christmas. There are some really good laughs here and there, I loved the scene where Reese played the Virgin Mary and Vince was Joesph in their church play and Reese just gets stage fright and freezes while Vince just makes a fool of himself on stage. Over all this is a cute movie, there's nothing special about it, but it's worth the look.