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Genres:
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Comedy /
Family
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Release:
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Director:
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John Whitesell
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Actors:
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Jackie Burroughs,
Sean O'Bryan,
Sabrina Aldridge,
Gillian Vigman,
Ryan Devlin,
Dylan Blue,
Kelly Aldridge,
SuChin Pak,
Danny DeVito,
Matthew Broderick,
Kristin Davis,
Kristin Chenoweth,
Alia Shawkat,
Jorge Garcia,
Fred Armisen
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Duration:
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89 min.
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Rating:
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(4.4/10)101.5
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Plot Summary:
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Steve (Matthew Broderick), suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, finds a wrinkle in his well-spring-ordered existence with the new chum of his remodelled neighbor Danny (Danny DeVito). Danny has grown-up dreams and plans to illuminate his house with satisfactorily holiday lights to add up to it visible from blank. Not to be outdone, Steve declares a clash of anyone-upmanship with Danny that threatens to creep the Christmas spirit through the slush.
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Deck the Halls
Sam AdamsLike a fatally snarled string of Christmas lights, Deck the Halls promises holiday cheer but delivers only frustration. These days, movies about the exasperating side of the holiday season, the suffocating shopping-mall hordes and concentrated family dysfunction, are more plentiful than those extolling its virtues. The Christmas spirit, whatever that might be, has been reduced to a third-act deus ex machina, a jolly cloud that descends from the heavens to save squabbling grinches from themselves.
The self-proclaimed Christmas czar of a cozy New England hamlet, Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) has his candy canes all in a row. He chairs the town's winter carnival, grows his own pine trees and dolls up his family in matching sweaters for the annual Christmas ca...
Definately NOT on my Christmas list....
This is entertaining enough and has a few laughs, but the falling out with the neighbour / wife / family and BIG christmas make up idea makes for a completely cliched and tired story. This will be worth it only if the turkeys in and you are desparate for a diversion for an hour and a half. Otherwise give this a miss... you could guage how good it was, in our screening people of all ages were leaving half way through, and those that stayed were becoming fidgety. It's fun-ish but not uniquely entertaining for either kids or adults... Santa... give this the sack.
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