To me, this movie is perfection.

Just perfect...

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Let's see. Vince Vaughan, Reese Witherspoon, John Favreaux, Sissy Spacek, John Voight, Robert Duval, et. al. A cast like that deserves a better movie.

This was pretty terrible. The only time I actually laughed was at Vince Vaughn's reaction to the baby puke, the rest was just silly and often painful. Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon play a happily unmarried couple who are forced to spend Christmas with the families of their divorced parents... making that yes, 4 Christmas visits in one day, after their annual vacation getaway falls through and they get caught out on the news at the fogged in San Francisco airport. These two have zero chemistry together and the entire movie follows a series of generic gags and misunderstandings. E.g., Reese in a bouncy castle with a bunch of bratty kids trying to get her pregnancy test back that she just randomly took (for kicks) in her sisters bathroom. I caught this on TV, I'm glad I didn't spend any money to watch it. Lots of familiar faces from the parents and extended family helped me get thorough this while at the same time wonder why they were in the movie? All in, nothing special, a Christmas time waster.

A festive holiday explanation of why terrible people have extend their terrible tendencies to then have (probably) terrible children. Other than a couple of funny Vaughn moments (which are nearly as rare as a Santa sighting here), I hated every single moment and non-authentic character in this angry, cynical, mean-spirited, nonsensical, and stupid Christmas cash grab. And as much as I love a good take down of the Evangelical church, that scene is offensive and unfunny in every way possible...I guess it fits right in.

Are Vince Vaughn's movies all portraying days in the life of the same guy? I have enjoyed most of his movies that I've seen, but it seems he's always the same character, and this film was no different. He was just with Reese Witherspoon this time, and I can't really wrap my head around this pairing. The idea of going to 4 Christmases on the same day is a funny enough premise (both couples come from divorced parentage, so 2 Christmases per), but these 2 normally skip town on Christmas to avoid their respective whacked out families and are now stuck at home because of weather. For country fans there's Tim McGraw AND Dwight Yoakim. There's just enough heart in this film to make it worth watching, but I wouldn't consider it a holiday classic by any means