Four Christmases Details

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A superb Christmassy film................

This is a superb festive Christmassy film. It stars Vince Vaughan as Brad or Orlando to his family and Reece Witherspoon as Kate.

Every 25th December, Brad and Kate - a happily unmarried, upmarket San Francisco couple continue on a holiday tradition, they have shared together every year since they met, by ditching their crazy families for a relaxing, fun-filled holiday in a sunny exotic location.

As they are sipping margaritas by the swimming pool, Brad and Kate toast the festive season, knowing that they have once again avoided the chaos and emotional fallout of their four respective households, that consist of divorced parents, arguing siblings, out-of-control children and all the festering resentments and awkward moments that are the trade marks of every family Christmas in their families.

But not this year............

Brad and Kate are trapped at the San Francisco airport by a fog bank that cancels every outbound flight. Worse still, they are caught on camera by a local news crew, revealing their whereabouts to the whole city - and to their families.

With no escape and no excuses to save them, they are now expected home by Brad's father (played by Robert Duvall). And Kate's mother (played by Mary Steenburgen). And Brad's mother (played by Sissy Spacek). And Kate's father (played by Jon Voight). They have to attend four Christmases in one day.

As they prepare themselves for a marathon of homecomings, Brad and Kate expect the worst—and that is exactly what happens.

But as Brad counts down the minutes to their freedom, Kate surprisingly finds herself tuned to the ticking of a different clock.

What happens next, I am not going to spoil it for you, watch the film to find out !

Laugh Out Loud Funny!

A happily unmarried childless career driven couple are used to focusing on themselves at Christmas time. They forget their families and jet off to some luxury holiday location for their 'perfect Christmas'. This year however, chaos happens when flights are cancelled due to bad weather and to top it off the news crew are there to film the occasion. Not able to escape the fact that their parents have seen them on TV, they are forced to visit their parents for Christmas...Both sets of parents are divorced, which means visiting not one, not two, but 4 families in one day....a painful, embarrassing, disastrous, awkward Christmas ensues...

Forget all the 'official' reviews in magazines/newspapers which have given this film a very low score, this film is a must see for the Christmas holidays! Honestly there wasn't one person in the audience who wasn't laughing out loud (Both men and women)! Excellent performances from quick talking Brad (Vince Vaughn) and sassy Kate (Reese Witherspoon).