Absolutely brilliant

A Masterpiece!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

deck the halls Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.so meet the finch family in clovedale in the USA love Xmas a have their tradition but a new neighbors come alone who like to work hard and have competitive spirit buddy hall and his wife a three 2twins meet the finch family move in to the house across the street from the Finch's. The Halls in general are different in outlook and temperament than the Finches. Unlike Steve, Buddy Hall scams his way through life and never follows through with anything he starts. While Kelly Finch and Tia Hall - Steve's wife and Buddy's wife respectively - and their children begin friendships based largely on those differences, Steve and Buddy butt heads based on those differences. It begins with Buddy striving to have his house seen from outer space by decorating it as lavishly and brightly as possible. One of the results of Buddy's task his that he becomes the new go to guy for anything but as buddy go small on lights to try and out do each other things go new extremes like roller blading the two families don't realize that its harming the relationships there's so much that goes wrong for the finches that it marked busy hall go crazy the acting is fun for Xmas movie with snow this film is 1hr33mins and its ideal to sit a watch

Here's a little story: This past Christmas season, the DirecTV movie channels would air two Christmas movies constantly: One being Jingle All the Way, and the other being this one. Since I heard about how awful this one is from Cinematic Excrement, I decided to check it out.Yeah, this movie is awful. Matthew Broderick's acting sucks as usual, but it's a treat to watch. Seeing him try to say such lines as "What's happened? What's happening?" and "We live in Massachusetts. I could die!" with such little effort is so great, but there are more things to this movie. Some jokes were good, while the others were horrible. There is one "comedic" scene in particular in which I despise. It is the gag where Steve (Broderick) goes to the police to report Buddy's antics, and the guy at the counter is wearing a bra and thong. Another scene where Broderick's underacting shines is something that takes place at the winter festival that the town has. It involves Steve's daughter with Buddy's girls in a routine called.... Ugh, "The Santa Babies". Usually, a father would be scarred for life if he found out that the girl dressed like that was his daughter, but not here. Steve is just up there smiling away while saying "I'm your daddy!" But I must say, the scene where they're in the church washing themselves with holy water after seeing that is pretty funny.Yeah, this film sucks, but in the end, it has a nice feel to it. It has a Christmas-like feel to it, where everything turns out right in the end, and people end up celebrating the holiday in happiness. So, yeah. Horrible movie, but it has a nice feeling to it.If this movie happens to be on anytime soon, I wouldn't really recommend it. That's up to you to decide. Watch at your own risk. You've been warned.

I really liked this one a lot. Danny DeVito, and Matthew Broderick really did a great job , displaying you're not so typical suburban neighborhood at Christmas. Two neighbors are dueling one another to see who has the best yard,, or decorations. The one neighbor tho goes totally overboard, with his decorations and you can actually see it from space,, the friction and malay that it causes the whole neighborhood and their families plays out throughout the whole movie. I guess I can relate to this movie because I truly love Christmas,, and I went all out this year in my yard,, but not near Danny DeVito's characters length although I must say I was really proud to have the brightest, and best yard on my dead end st. wonderful movie,, with lot's of great slapstick,, with the best moment being when the 3 men are whooping and hollering at the Christmas babies,, wearing skimpy,, outfits,, fishnets,, and thongs,, and one says,, who's you're daddy.. and one of the girls turn around and said me daddy,, omfg,, that was hilarious,, then he proceeds the go for the holy water,, as he was almost blinded by his daughter.. p.s. the men didn't know it was their daughter or daughters, because all of the girls had their backs turned,, and from that distance,,m could have been any pretty girl.

Like most Christmas gifts, I had high hopes that were dashed upon the rocks of disappointment. Great cast yet poor execution and lame story plot. The characters did not seem to have a chemistry with each other. Matthew Broderick and Kristin Davis did not mesh well as a married couple. Danny DeVito and Kristen Chenoweth's characters were far fetched and completely unbelievable. I guess this was supposed to be funny in itself? This brings me to the lack of laughs. I found myself looking for something funny half way through the movie since this was supposed to be a comedy, but I never found it. This movie was very disappointing and was a sad attempt at humor.