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Release Date:
9 November 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Santa's brother is coming to town. more
Plot:
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole. full summary | full synopsis
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Get ready for Frat Boy
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(From TotalFilm. 20 November 2009, 12:51 AM, PST)
Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo Reunite For Another Vacation
(From Slash Film. 19 November 2009, 6:32 PM, PST)
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The cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vince Vaughn | ... | Fred Claus | |
| Paul Giamatti | ... | Nick 'Santa' Claus | |
| John Michael Higgins | ... | Willie | |
| Miranda Richardson | ... | Annette Claus | |
| Rachel Weisz | ... | Wanda | |
| Kathy Bates | ... | Mother Claus | |
| Trevor Peacock | ... | Papa Claus | |
| Ludacris | ... | DJ Donnie (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges) | |
| Elizabeth Banks | ... | Charlene | |
| Jeremy Swift | ... | Bob Elf | |
| Elizabeth Berrington | ... | Linda Elf | |
| Kevin Spacey | ... | Clyde | |
| Rio Hackford | ... | Leon | |
| Bobb'e J. Thompson | ... | Slam | |
| Allan Corduner | ... | Dr. Goldfarb |
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Also Known As:
Joe Claus (USA) (working title)
Untitled Vince Vaughn/David Dobkin Project (USA) (working title)
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Untitled Vince Vaughn/David Dobkin Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for mild language and some rude humor.
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116 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Canada:G (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Singapore:PG |
Ireland:PG |
Netherlands:6 |
USA:PG (certificate #43797) |
UK:PG |
Philippines:G (MTRCB) |
France:U |
Germany:o.Al. |
Finland:K-7 |
Argentina:Atp |
South Korea:All |
Australia:PG |
Denmark:A |
South Africa:PG
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Three famous brothers cameo as themselves at 'Siblings Anonymous'. The first is Frank Stallone, who speaks about 'Rocky' and 'Rambo', two major blockbuster film series that star his brother Sylvester Stallone. The second is Roger Clinton, who identifies himself as the half-brother of the former US President Bill Clinton. The third is Stephen Baldwin, the youngest Baldwin Brother (specifically he has issues with the eldest and arguably most famous, Alec.)
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Revealing mistakes: While traveling at a very high rate of speed in the sleigh, neither Fred's nor the elf's clothing or hats are moving at all in the wind that should have been created.
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Soundtrack:
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
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A Note Regarding SpoilersHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Who sang the song "Silent Night" at the end of this movie?
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Painfully bad Christmas film that has an equally painfully bad performance by Vince Vaughn, who is paying his usual frat boy self but this time for a children's movie but with out the wit or charm that is in his R rated films. Vaughn seems like he's on autopilot though most of the film and he keeps running into walls with his lackluster performance. After 30 minutes into the film, you would be in touch your inner scourge and say "Bahumbag" at how unfunny this film is and after another 30 minutes, you will want to walk out over how unbearable the film has gotten during that point. Out of all the actors involved in this mess, only Paul Giamatti and Rachel Weisz brings some life to there perspective paper thin roles and that's manly because they are both way too good of actors to be in this film. Paul Giamatti brings some depth and warmth to the character of Saint Nick himself but he's forced to Vaughn's level of juvenile behavior when they are doing their sad sibling infighting. You can see in Giamatti face that he's not having fun with his role and it painfully shows in certain parts of the film. Rachel Weisz brings a sense of fun and spirit to her role but she really does not have much of a character to work with and you can see in her face that she's well aware of that, so much so that she seems irritated in certain parts of the film. Fortunately for her, she's not in the film much at all and is able to save some face, unlike Giamatti, who looks like he's about to fire his agent by the end of the movie. The direction also feels uninspiring, like there is no feeling or flow to be had and this is a supposed to be a holiday movie but it ends up feeling like you are just staring at a fancy widow display that is being torn down.
I don't know what went wrong here but with only two actors involved (Giamatti and Weisz) trying their best to at least bring something to the table with a unfunny script they had to work with, spotty direction with no feeling for the subject at hand ( and this is a Christmas movie of all things) and a actor who just does not care about his performance (Vaughn), you have a very unevenly bad film that is very painful to watch.