Four Christmases

I enjoyed this film for one important reason, I'm a big Vince Vaughn fan. If you're not, you should read no further. In short Vince, and his live-in girlfriend, played by Reese Witherspoon try their best to avoid seeing their respective parents on x-mas eve by concocting a story about about going on a humanitarian mission overseas. When they're spotted on TV during an airport shutdown their story falls apart and they have to visit the dreaded parents. The Vince Vaughn cocky, overly sincere persona is in full swing here, and it's always great to see him with Jon Favreau (actually when don't you). There's some slapstick here and some real funny moments with Vince and Sissy Spacek, who plays his mother, and who happens to be dating Vince's former best friend. The sparse audience I saw the film with laughed pretty hard at a lot of scenes and if you're looking for some light mindless entertainment, well here it is. By the way, this film features in supporting roles, in addition to Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, and Robert Duvall,, all Oscar winners for best actor/actress. Mr. Voight has one poignant scene where he talks about the importance of family. I had the feeling he wasn't acting at the time.

Rating - Light 3