Fred Claus Release
Date: November 9, 2007 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: David Dobkin Screenwriter: Dan Fogelman Starring: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Elizabeth
Banks, John Michael Higgins, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG (for mild language and some rude humor) Official Websites:
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Plot Summary: Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) has lived almost his entire life
in his little brother's very large shadow. Fred tried, but he could never live
up to the example set by the younger Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), who was just a
perfect... well... Saint. True to form, Nicholas grew up to be the model of
giving, while Fred became the polar opposite: a repo man who then steals what he
repossesses. Now Fred's dirty dealings have landed him in jail. Over Mrs.
Claus's objections, Nicholas agrees to bail his big brother out on one
condition: that he come to the North Pole and work off his debt making toys. The
trouble is that Fred isn't exactly elf material and, with Christmas fast
approaching, this one bad seed could jeopardize the jolliest holiday of the
year. Has Fred finally pushed his little brother to the brink? This time, what
Fred may have stolen is Christmas itself, and it is going to take more than
Rudolph to set things right
EN 5 Second Review:
Vaughn gets a flop to go with his hits. It may succeed
at the box office, but trust us, it's a flop.
With
Santa Claus movies like Fred Claus, who needs
Ebenezer Scrooge? Kirk Honeycutt: Hollywood Reporter
Even more confounding than this mirthless, misanthropic mess
is the involvement of such talented people as Vince Vaughn,
Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates
and Kevin Spacey...more
Whatever
potential existed has been squandered and then some in “Fred
Claus,” dumping coal into everyone’s holiday stocking Bryan Lowry: Variety
Although promoted as a comedy, this reunion of “Wedding
Crashers” star Vince Vaughn and director David Dobkin
alternates between unpleasantness and Hallmark-sweet
sappiness, with the only clever (if predictable) sequence
occurring well into the second hour....more
EN 5 Second Review:
Vaughn gets a flop to go with his hits. It may succeed
at the box office, but trust us, it's a flop.