Movie #696 ........................."Four Christmases"

Movie #696 "Four Christmases" --- I've wanted to see this for a while because I couldn't believe that Reese Witherspoon could actually make a bad movie, and she didn't. This isn't a "bad" movie, but a tad uneven. When it does physical schtick that is believable (the t.v. scene I thought worked), it can be laugh out loud funny, but then it becomes too crazy and crosses the stupid line occasionally. Finally, it decides it needs to have a theme, so it tacks on some ending that doesn't really jive with the rest of the film, in my opinion. I think it's tough enough to make a comedy, so I try to be a tad more lenient when critiquing a comedy, but this one works in spurts --- Vince V. and Reese W. work well together, they mumble, they use sarcasm, they have an ease with each other, so they are believable, and when they are left to do what they need to do, they can get it done. Too bad the script isn't a bit better. I give this 3.5 out of 5 for this movie Four Christmases2008PG-13 88 minutes Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon teams up with Vince Vaughn for this romantic comedy that casts them as a dating couple who are forced to spend their first Christmas together visiting each of their four divorced parents -- in a single day. Cast:Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Robert Duvall, Kristin Chenoweth, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Sissy Spacek, Brian Baumgartner, Carol Kane, Tim McGraw Genre:Romantic Comedies, Comedy