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Deck the Halls

Overview


Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

November 22, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

John Whitesell

Starring :

Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Sabrina Aldridge, Kelly Aldridge

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2 of 4

“..wholly regulated and completely predictable..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
1 of 5

“..studios will keep making garbage like this unless we stop going to see it..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
1 of 4

“..never builds the snappy momentum needed for even B-grade farce..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
0.5 of 4

“..exceptionally cloying ode to yuletide togetherness..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
“..a formulaic holiday slapstick comedy..”
by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 4

“..a flabby attempt at false holiday cheer..”
by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
Review rate : F

“..a derivative, sloppy, imbecilic, simple-minded, dim-witted, miserable excuse for entertainment..”
by Eric D. Snider [The Land of Eric]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reviewed by Annemarie Moody [The Arizona Republic]
Reviewed by Brian Lowry [Variety]
Reviewed by Sam Adams [Los Angeles Times]

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