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Deck the Halls (2006) 4.6
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4.6/10 from 10,043 users
Metascore: 28/100
Reviews: 95 user | 69 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space. Director:John Whitesell |
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| Danny DeVito | ... | ||
| Matthew Broderick | ... | ||
| Kristin Davis | ... | ||
| Kristin Chenoweth | ... | ||
| Alia Shawkat | ... | ||
| Dylan Blue | ... | ||
| Kelly Aldridge | ... | ||
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Sabrina Aldridge | ... | |
| Jorge Garcia | ... | ||
| Fred Armisen | ... | ||
| Gillian Vigman | ... | ||
| Ryan Devlin | ... | ||
| Sean O'Bryan | ... | ||
| SuChin Pak | ... |
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This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Written by Jason Breslin
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This Christmas when the lights go on . . . the gloves come off See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for some crude and suggestive humor, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
22 November 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
All Lit Up See more »Filming Locations:
Holy Trinity Cathedral - 514 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£600,047 (UK) (1 December 2006)Gross:
$35,092,918 (USA) (2 February 2007)Company Credits
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Kelly Finch: Oh, was he a professor?
Tia Hall: No, he was the one they caught peeping in the windows.
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Written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie
Performed by Marc Dauer (as Mark Doc Dauer)
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Buddy Hall's NHL Detroit Red Wing hockey jersey he's wearing during the skate race is Brendan Shanahan's #14. See more »Goofs
When the PA announcer is calling the speed skating race for the spectators, he is talking into the back of the Astatic D-104 microphone. The round screen facing the camera is only on the front of the microphone, so he is actually talking into the back of the microphone (which is a solid plate)and his voice would not be picked up for the PA system. See more »Quotes
Tia Hall: I used to do a bit of modeling, mainly for college classes... that's how I met Buddy.Kelly Finch: Oh, was he a professor?
Tia Hall: No, he was the one they caught peeping in the windows.
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"Run Rudolph Run"Written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie
Performed by Marc Dauer (as Mark Doc Dauer)
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To put it briefly, this was an entertaining movie, gave me a number of laughs and was also extremely stupid and insulting to anyone's intelligence. But, if you look at it strictly as a farce, it will do for a 90-minute diversion. Just don't take any of the characters seriously and try not to get annoyed - which isn't easy - at the typical comedy clichés that are in this movie. And - as some others have pointed out - do not watch this with your kids; it's not "family fare."
Many of the dumb "Hollywood stereotypes" you've endured in comedies the last few decades are in this film. A few examples: the obnoxious kids who say clever things; the typical family story where the men are made to look stupid while the women are smart and sensible; one guy who is a total crook is pictured as sympathetic; things happen in minutes that would take days to occur, unnecessary sex jokes, on and on. Yet, through it all, there are some funny lines of dialog and the Christmas lights on Danny DeVito's house are great fun to see.
This comedy also reminded me a lot of "What, About Bob?" as DeVito slowly drives neighbor Matthew Broderick almost crazy as Bill Murray did to Richard Dreyfuss. I'm told it also was like the National Lampoon's Christmas Story but I never saw that.
What was very interesting were two five-minute featurettes which came with the DVD. In it, is explained and shown how the movie makers built the two houses from scratch, put in all the incredible lights and light show and how it was made to look dark. The story takes place in a mythical town in Massachusetts (where nobody in the film, by the way, has an accent!) but was filmed in Vancouver in July where they were only getting six hours of darkness per night. Most of the film takes place at night so they also built as 60-foot high ark-like building over the two big houses! Incredible!