Four Holidays Review

Four Holidays

Release Date: 4th December 2008 - Australia

Production Companies

New Line Cinema (presents)

Spyglass Entertainment (in association with)

Wild West Picture Show Productions

Type A Films

Ott Meiden

Distribution

Roadshow Films

Genre: Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 88 minutes

Budget: $80,000,000

Box Office Gross: $164,112,721 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Brad and Kate try to escape from their families on Christmas morning as they have planned an exotic vacation. Unable to escape, they pack in four holidays and deal with their relationship challenges.

Brad counts the hours to escape from his insane relatives. Kate questions her decisions and wonders if her family might not be so crazy after all.

Cast

Reese Witherspoon - Kate

Vince Vaughn - Bradford
'Brad' McVie

Robert Duvall - Howard McVie

Sissy Spacek - Paula

Jon Voight - Creighton

Mary Steenburgen - Marilyn

Kristin Chenoweth - Courtney

Jon Favreau - Denver McVie

Tim McGraw - Dallas McVie

Katy Mixon - Susan McVie

Dwight Yoakam - Pastor Phil

Patrick Van Horn - Darryl

Carol Kane - Aunt Sarah

Colleen Camp - Aunt Donna

Jeanette Miller - Gram-Gram

Jack Donner - Grandpa

Steve Weibe - Jim

Zak Boggan - Cody McVie

Skyler Gisondo - Connor McVie

Brian Baumgartner - Eric

Cedric Yarbrough - Stan

Haley Hallak - Baby Clementine

True Bella Pinci - Kasi

Marissa Tejada Benekos - News Reporter

Peter Billingsley - Ticket Agent (Cameo)

Sterling Beaumon - Kid in Jump-Jump

T'y Brown - Kid in Jump-Jump

Ryder Bucaro - Kid in Jump-Jump

Callie Croughwell - Kid in Jump-Jump

Taylor Geare - Kid in Jump-Jump

Zachary Gordon - Kid in Jump-Jump

Reef Graham - Kid in Jump-Jump

Zai Moore - Kid in Jump-Jump

Destiny Petty - Kid in Jump-Jump

Diamond Petty - Kid in Jump-Jump

Bryce Robinson - Kid in Jump-Jump

Cort Rogers - Kid in Jump-Jump

Mackenzie Brooke Smith - Kid in Jump-Jump

Ava Rose Williams - Kid in Jump-Jump

Haidyn Winter - Kid in Jump-Jump

Stephanie Venditto - Angel

Creagen Dow - Sheep

Noah Munck - Screaming Kid

Matthew Glen Johnson - Screaming Kid

Bubba Dean Rambo - Elder Baritone Singer

Quinn VanAntwerp - Glee Club Alto Singer

Alison Martin - Church-Goer

Daniel Hagen - Church-Goer

Vernon Vaughn - Church-Goer

Sharon Vaughn - Church-Goer

Ronald D. Brown - Church-Goer

Jimmy Gonzales - Church-Goer

Constance Maris - Church-Goer

Didi Tossapon Banks - Church-Goer

Howard Leese - Band Member

Richie Onori - Band Member

Stu Simone - Band Member

Stuart Smith - Band Member

Sean McNabb - Band Member

JoAnn Fregalette Jensen - Dance Instructor

David Aranovich - Dancer

Steve Byrne - Dancer

Irena Violette - Dancer

Kayla Blake - Nurse

Lora McLaughlin - News Reporter

Crew
Director - Seth Gordon
Story/Screenplay - Matt Allen
and Caleb Wilson
Screenplay - Jon Lucas and
Scott Moore

Associate Producer - Mary Rohlich

Executive Producers - Peter Billingsley,

Richard Brener, Michael Disco, Toby Emmerich,

Mark Kaufman and Guy Riedel

Producers - Gary Barber,
Roger Birnbaum and Jonathan Glickman

Co-Producer - Derek Evans

Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager - Udi Nedivi

Production Designer - Shepherd Frankel

Art Directors - Michael Atwell and

Oana Bogdan Miller

Set Decorator - Jan Pascale

Costume Designer - Sophie De Rakoff
Director of Photography - Jeffrey L. Kimball

Stunt Coordinators - Joe Bucaro III,

Charles Croughwell and Allan Graf

Stunt Coordinator: Second Unit -

Thomas Robinson Harper

Special Effects Coordinator - David Waine

Special Effects - Josh Hakian

Visual Effects: Crazy Horse Effects - Paul &

Christina Graff, Robert Stromberg,

Matt Collorafice, Katharina Koepke,

Sarah Grossmann, Takashi Takeoka,

Brian Sales and Lily Kerrigan

Editors - Mark Helfrich and Melissa Kent

Additional Editor - Julia Wong

Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer -

Elmo Weber

Co-Supervising Sound Editor - Russell Farmarco

Sound Mixer - Jeff Hexley

Re-Recording Mixer - Brad Sherman
Music - Alex Wurman

Additional Music - John O'Brien

Music Supervisor - Bob Bowen

Score Recordist and Mixer - Alan Meyerson

Review

It's not quite cheerful, yet meant to be a gleeful holiday comedy to make us laugh. One thing about FOUR HOLIDAYS (or Four Christmases) was that it wasn't as funny as it should have been. It is a below-average film and was disrespectful in some ways. There is some trace of comedy left in the movie. One joke I see is a miss, and upsetting is what you call to find the gag you would understand. It had the talent of actors like Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Voight and Robert Duvall with decent performances, but they weren't enough to make it a jolly old good seasonal flick. What hurts the movie is the lack of chemistry between Vaughn and Witherspoon, which unsurprisingly makes sense as they don't get along due to their contrasting personalities.

As for FOUR HOLIDAYS, I might give it a 3 out of 5-star rating. Nothing I have seen in the film sunk low on everyone's Christmas spirit. Do you agree with my opinion about this mild sack of romance comedy?

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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