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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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Matialth
2006/11/22

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Console
2006/11/23

best movie i've ever seen.

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Rosie Searle
2006/11/24

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Fleur
2006/11/25

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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adonis98-743-186503
2006/11/26

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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FilmBuff1994
2006/11/27

Deck the Halls is a below average film with a storyline that dosen't really go anywhere and while it myth interest children under the age of seven,everyone else would be smart enough to understand this movie is terribly written and just not funny.While there is good chemistry between Mathew Broderick and Danny DeVito,two comedy actors I really enjoy, it dosen't make up for the poor dialogue and the complete lack of Christmas magic.I would not recommend Deck the Halls to anyone,certainly not as a movie to watch with the family at Christmas time,avoid this movie.A family man's peaceful Christmas plans with his family are ruined when their new neighbours intend on their Christmas lights to be literally visible from space.

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Matthew_Capitano
2006/11/28

Very cute movie about two neighbors (Danny DeVito and Matt Broderick) who try to out-do one another as 'The Christmas Guy' on their block by lavishly decorating their houses during the yuletide.Lots of great scenes like when newly arrived neighbor Danny introduces himself to Matt and winds up taking Matt's morning newspaper and cup of coffee. Also when Danny can't understand the conversation when Matt starts to "talk weird". Kristin Chenoweth is sweet as Danny's wife while lots of charming moments helps make this a holiday staple for the Christmas season.Recommended for the entire family.

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Joxerlives
2006/11/29

A very, very weird film which can't decide whether it's one thing or the other, raunchy comedy or wholesome family film. Either we should have the competition between the 2 fathers ramped up to an absurd degree in order to produce some hysterical comedy or they should tone down the adult humour a little and make it a family film.De Vito and Broderick are always watchable but they do very little in these roles. The conclusion of the film lacks credibility, we care little for these men and they're not really very likable. Their wives by contrast are a lot more appealing but just left as wooden stereotypes who really don't develop all that much. It's the sexual comedy that is really puzzling, who thought to bring that in? We have Broderick's son lusting after De Vito's (admittedly sexy as hell) twin blonde daughters but we're told they're only 15 and he himself seems far too young to be so enamoured of them upon their first meeting and playing peeping tom into their bedroom with his binoculars. We also have the part where the 2 men's three daughters put on a sexy Santa's helpers dance routine in high heels, fishnets and Xmas mini-dresses so revealing they blatantly expose their underwear. As I thought with the similar scene in Mean Girls would any Christmas fair really allow that? (and how come Broderick's Avril Lavigne style teen goth rebel daughter is taking part? It's like the twins have seduced her into bimbodom?) Even if it wasn't their daughters they were leering over the sight of Broderick and De Vito screaming 'Who's your daddy?' at them is just creepy as can be. Although admittedly the next scene where they dad's wash their eyes out with Holy Water was quite funny.So, a very curious mixture that doesn't really work too well, I'm amazed it did so well at the box office.

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