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Deck the Halls

Deck the Halls (2006)

November. 22,2006
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5
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PG
| Comedy Family

Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.

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studioAT
2006/11/22

This film about two rival neighbours competing to have the best Christmas lights should have been great, ITV did a one off Drama about a similar scenario and pulled it off well, but this is a mess.The worst thing is that it wastes a great cast, led by Matthew Broderick and Danny De Vito, but nothing can paper over the fact that this film has a weak script, and actually, a poor sense of Christmas spirit.I know at this time of year people will watch anything remotely festive, but this film has the potential to make anyone a Scrooge.

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adonis98-743-186503
2006/11/23

Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space. Deck The Halls is not just a bad Christmas film but it's also a pretty bad film in every way that you can imagine and although the acting by Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick isn't bad the film is just not serious and you can take it seriously at all and here's why: Number 1 is the whole plot itself which is just awful i mean 2 neighbors go against each other for multiple dumb reasons and one of them wants to decorate his house with Christmas lights so he can see it from space? That is literally the worst plot for a film ever, also the marriage between DeVito and Chenoweth wasn't even for a second a bit believable or even that he has 2 beautiful twin daughters. This movie wasted both my time and money since i had to rent it just because it's Christmas but it was an overall disappointment and i'm gonna give it an 3/10

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2karl-
2006/11/24

deck the halls Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.so meet the finch family in clovedale in the USA love Xmas a have their tradition but a new neighbors come alone who like to work hard and have competitive spirit buddy hall and his wife a three 2twins meet the finch family move in to the house across the street from the Finch's. The Halls in general are different in outlook and temperament than the Finches. Unlike Steve, Buddy Hall scams his way through life and never follows through with anything he starts. While Kelly Finch and Tia Hall - Steve's wife and Buddy's wife respectively - and their children begin friendships based largely on those differences, Steve and Buddy butt heads based on those differences. It begins with Buddy striving to have his house seen from outer space by decorating it as lavishly and brightly as possible. One of the results of Buddy's task his that he becomes the new go to guy for anything but as buddy go small on lights to try and out do each other things go new extremes like roller blading the two families don't realize that its harming the relationships there's so much that goes wrong for the finches that it marked busy hall go crazy the acting is fun for Xmas movie with snow this film is 1hr33mins and its ideal to sit a watch

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willcundallreview
2006/11/25

Rating-4/10Deck the Halls is a festive film full of thrills spills and jokes, unfortunately none of them work and you finish watching this neither filled with holiday cheer or a hurting stomach from laughing too much. The film tries very hard to be a comedy that then also tries too hard to bring jokes rather than any jolly feel, overall just leaves you feeling this movie to be Poor, and a strong one of that.The story is a very fast paced one, lots of gags and they are very slapstick orientated. I felt throughout the jokes are just not well made enough, some have a little mind put into them but end up being wasted and too predictable. The plot even becomes tiring by the end and the feud seen within the movie becomes stale and flat where as a Christmas film doing it right would have changed course to make it more interesting to the viewer.The acting in truth is one of the if not the worst part of the movie, Matthew Broderick is just not good whatsoever in this and fails completely as the main character Steve Finch. Danny DeVito could possibly top Broderick's performance and do even worse as he is just so unreal and unbelievable, you can't help feel any old person from the street could have done a better job. Other than those two the cast remain fairly subdued and even actors such as Kristin Davis fail to shine.The directing is a bit of a fail and although I don't want to sound a critic who offends, the directing is of absolutely no help to the movie and if anything they should have just improvised for the film. The script offers little originality and I still can't help feeling that if they had brought in a more experienced writer then we may have seen a funnier piece. I enjoyed the Christmas design coursing thorough but to say this movie oozes festive sparkle, well I would be straight lying.It may seem I am disgusted by this film but in truth it is only poor, it has as I mentioned a nice Christmas step, the feeling may not be the there but the look is. A few jokes produced a kind of slight snigger and although maybe I felt a slight bit of remorse afterwards at laughing at such things, I guess I can't help but at least try to locate my funny bone.If you like a good old comedy Christmas flick, well avoid this as it won't fulfil your needs, but if you don't mind an unkind movie with a bit of a haphazard plot then you may find this suitable entertainment. One thing I did feel whilst watching was that it tends to follow the same lines as other Christmas like films, the naughty and not nice nature of the movie feels like it's been done before but I do think people could like that part about it.Overall I give this a 4/10 and found it to be Strongly a Poor and unreasonable film but one that somehow stays stable enough not to become truly awful. Just try to watch it in a happy if not happy an slightly mischievous mood and you may find it pleasant enough viewing, watch it in a normal critic mode well you will not like it and if anyone laughs throughout this movie a lot, well my hats off to them.

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