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Fred Claus
In that story, there seems to be something quite different: a man named Fred Claus, the older brother Santa Marier, is forced to move to the Arctic to help his brother a few days. It may be quite different in that exciting region. Perhaps in the end they are trying to review the charts and clearly define the course of each.
10 February 1974, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
30 October 1948, Herne Bay, Kent, England, UK
26 July 1959, South Orange, New Jersey, USA
March1959, Manchester, England, UK
3 August 1970, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
19 May 1931, Edmonton, London, England, UK
February 28, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 February 1996, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
6 November 1996, Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 26, 2008
A turbulent ride that shifts tonal gears and messages like oscillations in the weather, ending in mythological frostbite.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.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.April 28, 2011
It's no improvement on Bad Santa, or National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, for that matter.November 21, 2008
Fred Claus is not an entirely bad picture, but it is a decidedly bland one.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.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.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 09, 2007
It senselessly dims an idea that should shine as brightly as Rudolph's nose.November 09, 2007
Vaughn gets plenty of mileage exploring both the painful and fun sides of Fred.November 12, 2007
There are some scattered big laughs and a sweet message here, so I'm giving it a mild recommendation.November 12, 2007
The movie is less ho-ho-ho than uh-oh, or oh-no.