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.