Ya'll didn't know I was a movie critic did you (or southern apparently either)? Last night Kent and I went to see the movie Four Christmases which I was very excited to see. I thought I would leave a movie review for those of you thinking of watching it. Here goes...
The synopsis from IMDB.com is "When a couple tries to fly away from their family for Christmas, as they do every year, their fun turns around when all flights have been canceled. Now they have to go to four houses to celebrate Christmas while going through memories they don't want to go into and surprises they can't handle while they have to use a safe word to get out of situations."
There were quite a few times I laughed out loud hard during this movie. It was definitely a comic relief. The overall theme was pretty funny. From one extreme to another and then even another. I would love to share the most funny parts, but then I would ruin the movie. As far as the anticipated laughter I expected I was not disappointed in the least.
There were two things that did leave me disappointed. One of course was the overabundance of sexual innuendos (seems Hollywood can't ever leave them out). While some of it was comical most of it seemed just absolutely unnecessary. The other part was the "Nativity Scene" that was definitely blasphemous. While I can laugh at aspects of religion I don't know that this was an appropriate way to make light of this scene. Although I did laugh at the reality of the way some churches choose to "worship" these days. In some ways it was very true to life.
Overall I would give this film a B letter grade. It was fun and entertaining and kept me laughing. It was also odd to see Tim McGraw about 30 lbs heavier. It took me a while to realize it was him (if I hadn't remembered I had hear he gained weight to be in the movie I wouldn't have realized it was him). I think I may have to see this movie again, but it is one that I can wait until it comes out of video to see again.
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