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Name: Fred Claus
Released: 2007-11-9
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks

Fred Claus

PG
1h 48m
2007

21%

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Vince Vaugn and director David Dobkin, the team responsible for the hilarious Wedding Crashers, return to take on Christmas! When Santa Claus' little known, older brother, Fred (Vaughn--Wedding Crasher, The Break-Up), returns to the North Pole, the black sheep of the family manages to create comic chaos that almost destroys Christmas before finally proving that he isn't the loser that the younger Claus has always believed him to be.

Director:

David Dobkin

Producer:

Joel Silver, Jessie Nelson, David Dobkin, Paul Hitchcock

Writer:

Dan Fogelman, Jessie Nelson

Cast:

Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, Chris Ludacris Bridges, Bobb'e J. Thompson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

21%

Critics Consensus: A slew of talent is wasted in this contrived and overly sentimental Christmas film, which can't quite get the balance between slapstick humor and schmaltzy uplift.

Reviews

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Cory Woodroof

What a weird-ass movie. It’s not really for kids, it’s not really for adults, it’s not really for anyone who enjoys Christmas.

January 15, 2023

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Paul Giamatti's seemingly inherent playful moroseness adds a delightful dimension to the saintly Nick.

September 8, 2020

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Herald Sun (Australia)

Leigh Paatsch

Despite a great ensemble cast (which includes Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey and Rachel Weisz), this is one gift best left unwrapped.

The biggest problem with Fred Claus isn't that it's not very good, it's that it pulls a bait-and-switch on parents expecting to see Hollywood's favorite bad boy in a film they can feel comfortable taking their kids to.