Story Line:
When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation—and unable to escape—they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened... and their very future together uncertain. As Brad counts the hours to when he can get away from their parents, step-parents, siblings and an assortment of nieces and nephews, Kate is starting to hear the ticking of a different kind of clock. And by the end of the day, she is beginning to wonder if their crazy families' choices are not so crazy after all.
Review:
We talked last year, remember? I said some things maybe I oughtn’t have. And maybe I felt a little bad about it afterward. I’m sorry I told you I hated your mouth-breathing guts. I’m sorry I called you a bastard. I’m sorry I called you the King of losers. And I’m really sorry I prayed that you’d choke on a cookie and die a slow painful death. That was out of line.
But Santa: You keep breaking my heart, you big tub of goo. Every goddamn year, you fat bitch. And nothing changes, does it? I understand you got elves to feed, and that the lead paint restrictions have really put a dent in the North Pole’s wallet. But it is possible to make a big, studio family film that doesn’t make a guy wanna cause serious fucking harm to you. Because I do. I want to stick little tiny explosives in your Santa pants and yank your beard off and feed it to your ass.
Four Christmases
Cast:Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Mary Steenburgen, Jon Favreau, Kristin Chenoweth, Dwight Yoakam, Sissy Spacek, Carol Kane, Brian Baumgartner, Tim McGraw, Cedric Yarbrough, Katy Mixon, Stephanie Venditto, Creagen Dow, Noah Munck, Skyler Gisondo, Collette Wolfe, Laura Johnson, Irena A. Hoffman
Directors:Seth Gordon
Producers:Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon
Release Date: November 26th 2008