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# Fred Claus is a holiday dud, and its stars lower themselves
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/121507-story/
- Published: 2007-12-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:24:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

It may seem appealing and even necessary to see a Christmas film this winter. That is apparently what studios enjoy banking on every holiday season. This year’s dredge stars motor-mouth Vince Vaughn and the selling-out Paul Giamatti as Fred and Nick Claus. The movie sucks, I just wanted to point out additionally that Oscar winners Kathy Bates, Rachel Weisz and Kevin Spacey all lower themselves in this film.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 15, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)