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Deck the Halls
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for some crude and suggestive humor, and for language
Starring
Danny DeVito,
Matthew Broderick,
Kristin Davis,
Kristin Chenoweth,
Alia Shawkat,
Dylan Blue,
Sabrina Aldridge,
and
Kelly Aldridge
Deck the Halls is a family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration -- and the true spirit of the holidays. (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Matt Corman
Chris Ord
Don Rhymer
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| DIRECTED BY: |
John Whitesell
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: November 22, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
It is a better option than the third "Santa Clause."

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
Isn't exactly what you'd call fresh. But although it borrows ingredients from many familiar Christmas flicks, it's got a sly twinkle of its own.

50
Village Voice
Ella Taylor
Though DeVito and Chenoweth bring a rough plebeian charm to the proceedings, it's nothing short of tragic to see the great Ferris Bueller relegated to grimacing straight man.

50
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Filled with forced yuletide cheer and mixed messages about the true meaning of Christmas, this loud and obnoxious holiday comedy boasts a fine cast and little else.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
In this year's lump of coal, Matthew Broderick is the control freak who lives for toasty yuletide cheer, and Danny DeVito is the vulgar pest who wants his holiday lights seen from space. The dueling-neighbor crankfest is blah.

40
Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams
Like a fatally snarled string of Christmas lights, Deck the Halls promises holiday cheer but delivers only frustration.

40
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Mr. Broderick and Mr. DeVito look tired and out of sorts, and you can hardly blame them, given the picture's inept, curdled mixture of sappiness and crude humor.

38
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
Unfortunately, this dimwit concept barely has enough spark to power a single strand of Christmas lights, much less rival the classic-by-comparison "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" in side-splitting Yuletide snafus.

38
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves
Nobody expects every holiday film to ascend to classic status; in fact, we're happy to let most fade from memory as soon as the decorations are taken off the trees. We can, however, demand they live up to a certain level of fun, thereby allowing parents to watch along with their kids without plotting the most direct route to the exit.

38
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Broderick is uptight; DeVito is obnoxious; and, somewhere, Nathan Lane is thanking his lucky stars he didn't get roped into this dreck.

30
Variety
Brian Lowry
A lifeless, workmanlike comedy conceived to provide holiday shoppers an inoffensive respite from the mall.

30
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
I literally did not count a single laugh in the whole aimless schlep, except for the hucksters who made it, on their way to the bank.

30
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
What's interesting about typical Hollywood Christmas movies is that regardless of how crass, vulgar, or mean-spirited they may be, by the last scene they will inevitably try to wrap viewers in a blanket of warm seasonal cheer.

25
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
A rancid new Yuletide comedy.

25
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
When it comes to comedy, Deck the Halls is remarkably tedious.

25
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The saddest part is that "Deck" wastes four comic talents ranging from the near-genius (Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito) to the inspired (Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth ) to the charming (Kristin Davis of "Sex and the City").

25
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
Can be described as whatever is the opposite of a Christmas classic.

20
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
The sheer nastiness of the jealous one-upmanship and angry sabotage puts a damper on the yuletide comedy. You're much better off watching a DVD of "Bad Santa."

16
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It is so contrived and utterly stupid in every way that it surely must be the nadir of the genre.

10
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
This one follows the depressing pattern of "Surviving Christmas" and "Christmas With the Kranks": enforced holiday cheer gives way to bilious hatred, then hollow forgiveness.

0
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego
Belongs in the holiday hall of shame.

0
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
There isn't an earned moment of uplift or laughter in the movie. Everything in it is prefab.


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