Fred Claus
User Score
4.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 46
  3. Negative: 18 out of 46

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  1. AaronN.
    Jul 20, 2008
    1
    Would it be that sad for this to be comedy and not date? Cause that is where this movie comes by as...
  2. MattJ.
    Nov 10, 2007
    3
    Just boring! It is simply not funny. I really wanted it to be and I tried to stay with it but it never actually took off. It is really boring!
  3. Anonymous
    Nov 20, 2007
    1
    Terrible movie, storyline is stupid. Please, go see something other than Fred Claus.
  4. JimH.
    Dec 9, 2007
    3
    Vince Vaughn is NOT funny. This is a Christmas movie gone bad. He is not cut our for childrens movies. Save your money or go to a different movie.
  5. Bentley
    Feb 10, 2008
    1
    Wow, that was a horrible movie. Don't waste your dollars for an obviously-stupid plot and virtually no laughs.
  6. SanfordI
    Nov 11, 2007
    0
    With a beautiful Sinead O'Connor renditon of 'Silent Night' playing in the background to kids ripping open presents on Christmas morning I knew Christmas movie making had officially bottomed out. 'Charlene's' gratuitous cleavage and a weird, contrived relationship with 'Willie' the elf...come on!!! What a complete waste of talent!!!!
  7. MattD
    Nov 13, 2007
    4
    I enjoyed this slightly more than I expected, but overall this is exactly what I feared - "Elf" with less heart and less humor.
  8. GrimM.
    Nov 19, 2007
    3
    This film only generated a few laughs and the rest was a so-so story that wasn't very interesting. The movie didn't capitalize on what makes Vince Vaughn hysterical in other comedy's like Dodgeball or Old School.
  9. AndyL.
    Nov 8, 2007
    0
    What a piece of sh*t.
  10. CoryS.
    Nov 12, 2007
    1
    Stupid for both kids and parents!We left the theatre after 25 min.
  11. Lina
    Nov 17, 2007
    0
    Horrible movie-boring-don't waste your money.
  12. TheWalrus2000
    Mar 17, 2013
    0
    Fred Claus is just an all together not funny at all film. Vince Vaughn already not being funny in anything else besides Wedding Crashers provides a horrible performance as usual, Giamatti on the other hand shows how much he tries and yet he's still grabbed into the abyss by this awful, stinky, no-good comedy with a horrible cast as well.

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Metascore
42 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 31
  3. Negative: 9 out of 31
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    40
    The exceptional cast--Vaughn, Giamatti, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, Rachel Weisz--is an embarrassment of riches for a script this thin and this beholden to family-fare protocol, with its mushy-minded moral and slick sentimentality.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    40
    The film isn't just not funny, it is off-putting.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    Alternates between unpleasantness and Hallmark-sweet sappiness.
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