Four Christmases

Name: Four Christmases
Released: 2008-11-26
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen

Four Christmases

PG-13
1h 29m
2008

25%

age 14+

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Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon stars with Vince Vaughn in a holiday comedy to which many children of divorced parents can relate...One happy couple; four dysfunctional, divorced parents who all insist on celebrating with their kids; a single, well-planned, happy day quickly spins out of control in to the mad cap whirlwind of Four Christmases.

Director:

Seth Gordon

Producer:

Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Peter Billingsley, Toby Emmerich, Michael Disco, Richard Brener, Mark Kaufman, Guy Riedel

Writer:

Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson

Cast:

Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight, Sissy Spacek

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

25%

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

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

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.

September 8, 2020

FULL REVIEW

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Matthew Lucas

A tried and true formula that's like a repackaged Christmas gift; it's sort of comforting in its predictability but totally lacking in solid film form and originality.

About as predictable as socks under the tree.

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Joshua Rothkopf

June 22, 2017

Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Holiday romcom is amiable but centers on family dysfunction.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this romantic comedy is riddled with gags centering on major family dysfunction. And there's real bite underneath the laughs: The central couple (played by teen favorites Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn) finds out soon enough that they don't really know enough about each other, and their families beat them up -- both physically and emotionally. It's all played for laughs, of course, which takes some of the edge off, but younger kids may still wind up perturbed by the scenes of familial mayhem. There's also some swearing (including "s--t") and social drinking, as well as some innuendo and implied sex.