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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 19% Rotten Page   1   C "Four Christmases is simply all-too-familiar and exceedingly mediocre - and will likely be forgotten by the time we take down our Christmas trees."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark .5/5 "Flailing like a dying fish out of water and eventually smelling just as fetid, Four Christmases is stiflingly unfunny."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron D+ "If Vince Vaughn wants to ruin Christmas, he's going about it the right way. Another year of this coal-in-stocking cinema and the holiday spirit will be beaten out of me for good."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C "Although it starts out as a zippy holiday comedy "Four Christmases" loses focus and disperses into a less than satisfying comic experience."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Even apart from the retarded and retread contrivances that provide context for their argument, Four Christmases is intensely disturbing in its class politics."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1.5/4 "...generally comes off as an interminable would-be comedy that'll leave most viewers feeling like the Grinch."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2.5/4 "A holiday comedy that goes down with ease, avoids insulting one's intelligence, and doesn't leave you wanting to shoot your eye out with a Red Ryder."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C "Seems intent on being as generic and lowbrow as possible, with broad slapstick emphasized over witty dialogue or interesting characters."   Film.com   Eric D. Snider C- "The nonsensical result of shoehorning the same damn message into every 'holiday' movie, year after year."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 1.5/4 "Letting the hulking Vince Vaughn near a Christmas movie is just like giving a knife to your crazy drunken uncle during a seasonal family gathering--it's reckless, pointless and ultimately foolish in concept."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "One Christmas movie too many...three parts crude farce, with plenty of comic violence and sexual innuendo, followed by a final reel awash in sappy, supposedly uplifting sentiment."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A hilarious comedy about the stress, the embarrassments, the squabbling, and the lessons learned on visits to our families during the holidays."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "This is what happens when a successful indie documentary filmmaker gets sucked in by the Hollywood system."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/5 "Vaughn may, in fact, be the best possible representative of our over-caffeinated age -- rambling, reckless, selfish and yet still somehow awesome -- and he's what makes Four Christmases as barely watchable as it is."   Redbox   James Rocchi 2/10 "Click here to read review"   vj.net.ua   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3.5/5 "Feels like they wanted to make 5 different holiday movies and couldn't decide which plot line was best, so they rolled them all together, glossing over everything."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/5 "ideal for anyone who thinks their family is the most dysfunctional during the holidays and yearns to be proved wrong"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C- ""Four Christmases," like its four screenwriters, are three too many. Considering what's been left on screen, it is downright horrifying to contemplate the trimmings."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "For all of its snarky holiday/family bashing, Four Christmases wimps out in the third act and reaffirms all the traditional values it affects to mock."   Miss FlickChick   Maitland McDonagh "It's not all a total loss... if you like the two stars (I do), you'll love them here..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "Grows tired long before the end credits start rolling at the 80-minute mark."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 2.5/4 "Four Christmases boasts one of the most impressive casts ever assembled to make a movie that is, at best, only mildly amusing."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C- "One more overstuffed turkey of a movie trying to draw laughs with barfing babies, bratty children, embarrassing revelations, and old people talking about sex."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2/4 "Four Christmases is defiantly conservative on the issue of adult happiness."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1/5 "If you liked "McCain-Palin 2008," you'll love "Four Christmases.""   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "This film is too fragmented to ever come together. Although terrific actors and some serious subtext make it enjoyable."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C- "... stumbles awkwardly through the slapstick parade of brotherly body slams and sneaky kids and babies spitting up all over the maternally tone-deaf Kate..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 3/5 "Before a single joke is told, Seth Gordon's Four Christmases earns a positive grade for its inspired casting."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 5/10 "Use parental caution when opening this early holiday present."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "Vaughn and Witherspoon are plainly uncomfortable in their roles,... two of the flattest performances of any romantic comedy of recent vintage."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 19% Rotten Page   1