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1.82/4

# of Ratings:

36

Genres:

Comedy

Rating:

PG

Language:

English

DVD Release:

11/25/2008

Director:

David Dobkin

Actors:

Vince Vaughn
Paul Giamatti
Elizabeth Banks
Kevin Spacey
Rachel Weisz
Miranda Richardson

 

 

 

 

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Little did we know that Santa Clause had a brother, Fred. Fred is forced to move to the North Pole in which he tries to make his brother's life more interesting.

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Chris aka Tarkin 05/25/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

It looked like it was going to be good... until it fell into drippy sentimentality at the last quarter. Vince Vaughn is his usual sarcastic self and Kevin Spacey is good as an analytical Scrooge. The sibling support group is pretty funny.

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  Allison
Allison
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07/05/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Fred Claus

Absolutely great cast (how did they pull it together?). But absolutely terrible movie! How in the world were they able to get away with this? Anyway, better luck next time I guess. If you're looking to take a kid to see a good Christmas movie, practically anything else would be better (Prancer, Christmas Story, etc.).

Rating of
1.5/4 

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  patandcougar
patandcougar
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02/02/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Awful

It's rare that I watch a movie and feel embarrassed for the actors, but it happened here. I'm guessing everyone signed on before they read a script, because there's not really a coherent script here. Pretty dull and predictable, there are better holiday movies out there to see.

Rating of
1.5/4 

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  LeopardExplosion
LeopardExplosion
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12/06/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Cheerful Holiday Movie

Fred Claus stars Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, where Vaughn plays an older brother who resents his young brother, St. Nick himself.

Fun Christmas flick full of holiday cheer. It's a family Christmas movie, they don't always have to be perfect, as long as we get the point and it keeps us smilin', it's probably worth a look.

FINAL SCORE:::: 68% ::::

Rating of
2.5/4 

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  Tino
Tino
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05/22/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

went from witty, to .....well you get the point

Vince Vaughn playing the older brother of Santa Claus seems like an excellent idea, especially when paired opposite Paul Giamatti as his brother, with Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, and Rachel Weisz, but it definitely fails here. Vaughn is the highlight of everything, delivering the funniest lines and setting up the funniest scenes, but the fim just gets awkward. Spacey as a Scrooge-like efficiency expert is far too evil, and Weisz is far too great of an actress to play the horribly developed character of Vaughn's girlfriend. The film takes its self far too seriously, with most scenes only being able to please a child's sense of humor.

Rating of
1.5/4 

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