"Four Holidays" directed by Seth Gordon [review]

Abstract

There are a number of semi-intriguing things about this film, and possibly a greater number of not-so-intriguing elements that manage to tip the scales to take it from being potentially interesting to really rather nondescript and forgettable. The first faintly intriguing thing about Four Holidays is its title, which has been changed for we Australians. The film’s US title is Four Christmases, and Santa only knows why the title was changed for its Antipodean audience. Perhaps we’re regarded as a more secular nation than the US of A? Who knows. What we want to know here is whether or not it’s a decent film, and the answer, in my opinion, is “Well, sort of.”