Deck the Halls (2006)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers (WGA):

Matt Corman (written by) &
Chris Ord (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

There glows the neighborhood

Plot:

Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.

Plot Keywords:

Holiday | Neighbor | Christmas | Light | Christmas Lights

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Danny DeVito	...	Buddy Hall
Matthew Broderick	...	Steve Finch
Kristin Davis	...	Kelly Finch
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Tia Hall
Alia Shawkat	...	Madison Finch
Dylan Blue	...	Carter Finch
Kelly Aldridge	...	Ashley Hall
Sabrina Aldridge	...	Emily Hall
Jorge Garcia	...	Wallace
Fred Armisen	...	Gustave
Gillian Vigman	...	Gerta
Ryan Devlin	...	Bob Murray
Sean O'Bryan	...	Mayor Young
SuChin Pak	...	Herself
Jackie Burroughs	...	Mrs. Ryor

Also Known As:

All Lit Up (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some crude and suggestive humor, and for language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG (certificate #42974) | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Holy Trinity Cathedral - 514 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Regency Enterprises

Trivia:

DeVito's house used LED lights to provide remarkable displays not possible with traditional Christmas lights. Otherwise, the lighting could only be done by special effect computers. The lights, from Boston-based Color Kinetics, formed a "digital skin" around DeVito's house, acting like pixels on a TV screen. At one point, the roof of DeVito's house turned into a live video display of DeVito's face. At maximum intensity, the 14,300 LED nodes used just 7,150 watts of energy, the equivalent of four average hair dryers. Wrapping the house with conventional exterior string lights would have used approximately 100,100 watts, 14 times more than the LED installation, and without the capability for programmable effects. The entire LED installation used a total of 126 amps, about as much as 1.3 average households. Conventional exterior string lights would have used 812 amps, the equivalent of 8 houses' worth of power.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Steve and Kelly Finch are first talking about getting a Christmas tree in their kitchen, you can see Carter Finch starting to walk toward the kitchen; as soon as you see his foot land on the step down into the kitchen the camera transitions to a wider shot and Carter is now about two or three feet back from the step and is still walking toward the kitchen.

Quotes:

Tia Hall: Honey, the girls are having a great time showing everybody the lights. I pray to God that's the only thing they're showing.

Movie Connections:

Features Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Soundtrack:

Rockin' around the Christmas Tree

Unacceptable for family viewing - don't waste your time.

This movie was boring and full of crude humor and sexual remarks that are unnecessary for family viewing. There were three preteen boys and one girl with me. The boys were embarrassed. Two of them highly disliked the movie. The cross-dressing, the boob shots, the admiration from married dads of their daughter's legs and bottoms, the comments made all throughout the movie referring to sex, was sickening. One of the boys was a guest of ours. I should have left, but my son was embarrassed to stay or to leave. Not wise on my part to not read the reviews first and very foolish of movie makers to assume that every family loves entertainment only if it contains crude humor, sexual references,and other unacceptable viewing. Believe it or not, there are still some of us adults who don't appreciate the crude humor. What ever happened to responsible, respectable movies ? The actors seemed sleepy, too . I was thoroughly disappointed in this movie and its contents. Very much a B rated movie with little to no joyful Christmas spirit, depressing. The ending was the best part of the movie. I learned a lesson. Always read the review and go with your gut when picking a movie. I almost passed. Should have listened to my Spirit and passed.