Rating of
1.5/4
went from witty, to .....well you get the point
Tino - wrote on 05/22/08
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.
