Here Come The Holiday Comedies

And here comes the annual run of movies based around the holiday season that usually comes out around Thanksgiving. The one that is released first out of all of these movies is Fred Claus. This holiday based comedy stars Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, and Kevin Spacey and is rated PG for mild language and some rude humor. Fred Claus is directed by David Dobkin who worked with Vince Vaughn on Wedding Crashers, a movie that was viewed as a great success.

Growing up was always for challenge for Fred Claus, played by Vince Vaughn, he was stuck in the virtual nothingness of the North Pole, while also constantly being compared to his perfect younger brother. As hard as Fred has tried, he could never live up to the high standards set by his brother, Nicholas, played by Paul Giamatti. Fred eventually became a repo man who stole everything that he repossessed. However, his deceitful past eventually catches up with him and he gets thrown in jail. Despite the objections of his wife, Nicholas bails out his brother under one condition; Fred must pay off his debt by making toys for his brother. There is just one problem, Fred continues the antics he’s become accustomed to and jeopardizes Christmas for everyone around the world.

And yet another comedy made for kids. There is nothing particularly exciting about this movie. It will likely just turn out like all the other holiday movies that are made for children, Fred will initially ruin Christmas for everyone, then he’ll see the error of his ways and do something miraculous to save Christmas. There isn’t anything special that really draws me towards this movie. Although one thing that made me give it a second look was Vince Vaughn working with the same director from Wedding Crashers. It’ll be interesting to see if they can achieve their past success again. We’ll have to wait until November 9th.