Four Christmases

Genre - Comedy
Year Released - 2008
Running Time - 82 minutes
Rated PG-13 (for some sexual humor and language)
Directed by Seth Gordon (who also directed the Documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - about arcade games, particularly Donkey Kong, and those who play them)
Written by Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Jon Lucas, and Scott Moore

Cast Includes:
Vince Vaughn (Swingers, Old School, Dodgeball, Wedding Crashers, The Break Up, etc)
Reese Witherspoon (Freeway, Pleasantville, Legally Blonde 1 & 2, Walk the Line)
Robert Duvall (The Apostle, Falling Down, Sling Blade, Apocalypse Now, etc)
Jon Favreau (Director of Elf, Zathura, and Iron Man)
Tim McGraw (yes, the Country Singer - he was also in Flicka)
Mary Steenburgen (Elf, Philadelphia, Back to the Future: Part III)
Kristin Chenweth (Olive, from the television show Pushing Daisies - she was also in RV)
Dwight Yoakam (yes, the Country Singer - he was also in Red Rock West, Sling Blade, Panic Room, and Crank)
Sissy Spacek (Carrie, JFK, An American Haunting)
Jon Voight (Anaconda, Mission Impossible, Enemy of the State, etc)

Rating: 4 Skulls

Plot Summary:
Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon portray a couple who are forced to spend Christmas Day visiting each of their four divorced parents.

Review:
If you've been a follower of this Blog, then you know that I generally wait for Comedies to hit DVD.
However, with the disappointment of Transporter 3, on Wednesday, I decided to go ahead and give Four Christmases a shot, and I am very glad that I did!

First of all, you all know that I am a big fan of MMA, so when I first saw Jon Favreau & Tim McGraw portraying Vince Vaughn's "UFC trained" cage-fighting brothers, I knew that I would eventually see this one anyway, and I just have to say that they are absolutely hysterical!
There is also a great scene where Jon Favreau and his wife (played by Katy Mixon) play a round of the party-game Taboo - hilarious!
And the scene above, where Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon portray Mary & Joseph in a church play (where Dwight Yoakam is the Pastor!) I was dying! :-)

What really got to me though is Vince Vaughn's reaction to baby vomit. . . I am not as bad as he is, however I react somewhat the same way around vomit - I was laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes!


So, if you are in the mood for a holiday comedy, then I definitely recommend this one!

Here's the Trailer:


Jason