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Genres:
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Comedy /
Family /
Fantasy
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Release:
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Director:
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David Dobkin
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Actors:
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Rachel Weisz,
Elizabeth Banks,
Bobb'e J. Thompson,
Rio Hackford,
Elizabeth Berrington,
Vince Vaughn,
Paul Giamatti,
John Michael Higgins,
Miranda Richardson,
Kathy Bates,
Trevor Peacock,
Ludacris,
Jeremy Swift,
Kevin Spacey,
Allan Corduner
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Duration:
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111 min.
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Rating:
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(5.7/10)108
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Plot Summary:
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When wayward sibling Fred Claus (Vaughn) is bailed out of stir aside his blessed buddy Nick (Giamatti), he agrees to work at the North Pole for the pre-Christmas urgent. But with skill Clyde (Spacey) plotting to away down Santa Claus for good, now is a unruly in the good old days b simultaneously for Fred�s make of chaos...
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Fred Claus
We all loved this film, if only it had come during the month of December. The story was magical and the characters were good my two younger children still believe
All they want for Christmas is a funnier script
Bah Humbug, I so wanted this to be great... First of all, this has some brilliant sets, the North Pole thing is brilliant, and is equalled by the talent (Paul Giamatti, Vince Vaughan, Rachel Weisz), unfortunately what it doesn't have is a huge sack of laughs. It does raise a titter every now and again, but it never sets an atmosphere and gets too bogged down in in-law infighting, and forced 'nicey' bits to make it really palatable for young or old alike. It just doesn't feel Christmassy, and isn't that what you want out of a Christmas film ? Even the little ones in our screening seemed bemused, and bored, half way through and seemed to catch on that this was a bit contrived even given the subject matter. Add to this just about everyone acting like they just couldn&...
Fred Claus
Carina ChocanoLike poinsettias and fruitcakes, Christmas movies are more ubiquitous this time of year than they are actually eagerly anticipated, so it's hard to figure why David Dobkin would stoop to making one after Wedding Crashers, or why Vince Vaughn would agree to star. Word is, people are worried about taking their children in case it turns out to be a raunchy kids' Christmas movie, but it seems to me that the biggest hurdle for Fred Claus will be transcending its promotional materials -- that poster of Vaughn on a tricycle wearing an expression of irrepressible delight makes one very badly want to repress it, even if one generally roots for Vince Vaughn, like I do. Anyone who's actually seen Wedding Crashers knows that the joke at the chewy center of Vaughn's co...
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