A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
True Bella Pinci
- Kasi
- (as True Bella)
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- TriviaDuring the filming of the dinner sequence, Reese Witherspoon was hit in the face with a ceramic plate and required five stitches, which delayed the shoot for three days.
- GoofsDuring the Taboo game, Denver answers "What is the capital of China?" with "Hong Kong". This is part of the joke. Denver and his wife, who obviously have little education, think that Hong Kong is the capital of China. The point of the game was for Denver to guess that "Hong Kong" was the answer on the card, which he did. The point of the scene was to demonstrate how well they knew each other and how poorly Kate and Brad knew each other. The fact that Denver got "Hong Kong" from "What is the capital of China?" helped to make that scene funny.
- Alternate versionsThe French release, distributed by Metropolitan Filmexport replaces the opening title card with one featuring the French title "Tout...Sauf En Famille" (which translates to Anywhere...Except Amongst Family) instead of having the original English title and subtitling it with the French one as is more common. Also, while an English title is displayed during the end credits, that one is not "Four Christmases" but "Anywhere But Home", the international English title for the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Four Christmases: Holiday Moments (2009)
- SoundtracksWhite Christmas
(The Declan Crawls Mix!)
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Bing Crosby
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Have Your Christmas Cake And Eat It Too
Sigh. Another potentially funny Hollywood comedy hits the skids when it encounters a message. The message here seems to be, "Families Are Hideous And Awful, But Everyone Should Be Forced To Have One". No, I don't understand the logic of that either.
The families are made up of 4 sets of familiar comedy archetypes - the yokels, the interfering women, the religious kooks and - um - the fourth set who the writers couldn't be bothered to make interesting or unusual. I suppose you can't blame them for losing interest - I know I had.
Phoned-in performances and a faxed-in script result in a charmless, pointless holiday film. The only good thing about it is the charisma of the leads, and a funny appearance by Jon Favreau. But seriously, you would be better advised to watch National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation again instead.
The families are made up of 4 sets of familiar comedy archetypes - the yokels, the interfering women, the religious kooks and - um - the fourth set who the writers couldn't be bothered to make interesting or unusual. I suppose you can't blame them for losing interest - I know I had.
Phoned-in performances and a faxed-in script result in a charmless, pointless holiday film. The only good thing about it is the charisma of the leads, and a funny appearance by Jon Favreau. But seriously, you would be better advised to watch National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation again instead.
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- Dec 26, 2009
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- Best Inheritance Ever
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- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $120,146,040
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,069,826
- Nov 30, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $164,112,721
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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