Four Christmases Critic Reviews

Refreshingly tart and lean, forgoing the usual schmaltz and syrup.Read the full review

The film has its funny moments, but they are too few to make the holiday excursion worthwhile.Read the full review

The only laughs come from Vaughn, a master of ingratiation. Witherspoon is no Roz Russell or Lucille Ball. But she fills space nicely.Read the full review

Four Christmases is waste of time and a disappointment, but it's also relatively painless.Read the full review

Bad enough to create one of the most joyless Christmas movies ever, but then to go for an unearned feel-good ending adds insult to injury.Read the full review

Crassly enjoyable.Read the full review

We got two gold-record singers and they don't sing? So? We got five Oscar-winning actors, and they don't need to act much.Read the full review

This is a movie of excesses that doesn't know when to settle down. It aims to be a slapstick comedy, a romantic comedy and a plain old romance but falls short of each goal.Read the full review

The result is two bad movies in one: a gimmicky romantic comedy, and one of those seasonal headaches that submits loud family dysfunction as a vehicle for Christmas cheer.Read the full review