Wordiezett So much average
Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story
Vioundon One hour and a half of nothing
MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
atlasmb It's disappointing that this film is so lackluster, given its cast, which includes Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito, Kristin Chenoweth and Kristin Davis. Such an embarrassment of riches should not yield a film that is merely embarrassing.This might have been entertaining Christmas season fare on the order of "Home Alone", but the script lacks originality and cleverness. There was one scene that had me laughing out loud, but the rest felt phoned in.The ending was the worst part--an irrelevant afterthought that seemed to invalidate the life lesson of the film.
Davis P Deck the Halls does not put you in the Christmas Spirit at all! Since it's close to Christmas, I'm going to be reviewing Christmas movies, my last review was on Christmas with the Kranks, check it out if you haven't already! So anyways, like I said, this film does everything but put you in the Christmas spirit. I went in with pretty low expectations because of the critic reviews, I got exactly what I expected, crap. This movie tries so hard to funny, but it just fails and falls completely flat. I usually like Matthew Broderick, but not in this film, no one could have saved this disaster! Not Mathew Broderick, Danny DeVito, or Kristen Chenoweth. I love Kristen Chenoweth, she's one of my favorites. She wasn't awful here, she had funny mildly funny/amusing lines. But Danny and Matthew were just painful to watch in this movie. The performances were bad, the plot was dumb and generic, the script was lacking big time, and it was boring as all get out! It's too late for me, save yourself!! Avoid Deck the halls this Christmas at all costs, I'll review some Christmas movies as Christmas gets closer that are worth your time. 1/10 for deck the halls.
WakenPayne The premise of this movie basically is that a man who is "The Christmas Guy" has a new neighbour who intends to have his house seen from space (why???) by putting up as much Christmas lights as possible, the Christmas guy doesn't want this guy to take over his role and he tries to sabotage it. Whilst also getting into disastrous and awkward situations that really aren't funny. I won't go into detail though.However the ending though is one I can see coming from miles away. Devito's character knows that Broderick's character is sabotaging his Christmas lights and eventually they resolve everything. However they resolve it I don't care. It wasn't particularly memorable. None of the characters were likable.Nothing out of this movie is particularly memorable or any good.
Neddy Merrill From a production design that screams "L.A. soundstage" to a script clearly cobbled together on the fly to one stillborn gag after another, the generically named "Deck the Halls" disappoints at every turn. Beyond being unfunny, Devito's Fred or Frank (who cares?) Hall character is more psychotic torturer to Matthew Broderick's (you actually feel badly that a decent comedic performer got himself involved in this mess unlike Devito who should pretty much take whatever work he can get)prim and proper character rather than comedic foil. Of course, to complain about the performances is somewhat unfair as even Jim Carrey before he went nuts couldn't have saved a schizophrenic and rushed script - clearly the three listed writers had different visions for the film. The script forces the two main characters to alternatively like and hate one another and tries to portray the obsessive narcissist Devito character as the good guy despite being too mentally unbalanced to hold down a job or provide any parental direction to his slutty daughters. In short, others have suffered through this mess so you won't have to - see the Chevy Chase Christmas movie instead.
