Fred Claus
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help his brother a few days with reviewing charts and determine who's naughty and who's nice.
1 September 1974, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 February 1974, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
14 February 1965, Illinois, USA
6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1973, London, England, UK
28 June 1948, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1960, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England, UK
November 26, 2008
A turbulent ride that shifts tonal gears and messages like oscillations in the weather, ending in mythological frostbite.
November 12, 2007
The movie is less ho-ho-ho than uh-oh, or oh-no.
November 09, 2007
Vaughn gets plenty of mileage exploring both the painful and fun sides of Fred.
November 21, 2008
Fred Claus is not an entirely bad picture, but it is a decidedly bland one.
April 28, 2011
It's no improvement on Bad Santa, or National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, for that matter.
November 29, 2007
Dobkin's film is lit up by a couple of genius scenes: first, a siblings support-group attended by Frank Stallone, Stephen Baldwin and Roger Clinton; second, a superb in-joke triggering Spacey's redemptive thaw-out, stoking a festive glow against the odds.
November 12, 2007
There are some scattered big laughs and a sweet message here, so I'm giving it a mild recommendation.
March 22, 2011
Fred Claus will never go down in history as a holiday classic, or even one of Vaughn's better known films, but a sterling cast lifts up what could have been easy mediocrity.
April 09, 2008
Rather than creating imaginative situations for Vaughn to explore, director David Dobkin merely asks that Vaughn be himself, as if his personality were big enough to wring humor out of a comic vacuum.
November 09, 2007
It senselessly dims an idea that should shine as brightly as Rudolph's nose.
May 20, 2008
Vaughn's act may be toned down a bit, but he still plays the same fast-talking, quip-spouting arrogant schmuck that he usually does, and it wears thin real fast.
November 09, 2007
As derivative and predictable as any of the holiday comedies of the past few years, providing audiences with at best a handful of laughs. Most of it is uninspired.
