Deck the Halls

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Deck the Halls

PG,

2006,

1h 35m,

Holiday/

Comedy

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6%

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30%

50,000+ Ratings

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Steve (Matthew Broderick), suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, finds a wrinkle in his well-ordered existence with the arrival of his new neighbor Danny (Danny DeVito). Danny has big dreams and plans to illuminate his house with enough holiday lights to make it visible from space. Not to be outdone, Steve declares a war of one-upmanship with Danny that threatens to drag the Christmas spirit through the slush.

Critics Consensus

Relying on flat humor and a preposterous plot, Deck the Halls is an unnecessarily mean-spirited holiday movie that does little to put viewers in a holiday mood.

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Joshua Land

Time Out

Apr 14, 2007

2/6

Laden with false climaxes, the overstuffed plot leaves you exhausted well before the movie ends, and the amiable actors sleepwalk through their uninspired roles.

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Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Chronicle

Dec 30, 2006

1.5/5

What's interesting about typical Hollywood Christmas movies is that regardless of how crass, vulgar, or mean-spirited they may be, by the last scene they will inevitably try to wrap viewers in a blanket of warm seasonal cheer.

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

Dec 30, 2006

1/5

'My stupidity astounds me!' chortles Danny DeVito in Deck the Halls, a line that pretty much sums up this tale of warring neighbours with very different ideas about celebrating Christmas.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Dec 13, 2021

1.5/5

Still as thin as an advent calendar, as dry and overcooked as most Christmas roasts and with jokes even lamer than you'll find in a cracker, 15 years on, Deck has truly cemented its place as one of the all-time festive Hollywood turkeys.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 18, 2020

2/4

There's ultimately not a whole lot contained within Deck the Halls worth getting interest in or excited about...

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 5, 2020

1.0/4.0

How do you have Matthew Broderick looking uncomfortable doing physical comedy when physical comedy and wit are his gifts?

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Luke S

Feb 19, 2019

Quite possibly the best film I have seen in my entire life.

Abraham R

Dec 23, 2018

A horrible idea but a funny film including some hit and miss jokes, a great soundtrack and some charismatic performances from DeVito and Broderick but the resolution was awful and the script is daft but the Christmas theme is joyous and there are some enjoyable scenes sprinkled throughout.

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Finn R

Dec 14, 2018

Danny DeVito was weird in this movie. I guess it's not him but the character. The relationship between Danny DeVito and Kristin Chenoweth's character is strange, as their looks to be an at least 20-year gap between them. I was surprised Danny DeVito was in this. You must have a huge sense of humor to laugh at most of these jokes. Sure some of it was funny but some of the jokes were weird I think the scene where the daughters were dancing in Christmas costumes was very inappropriate - I just thought it was wrong. The children roles could have had more to do with the plot or have there own plot, like at school and how different they are to adjust. One nit pick was when he got goo on him next scene it was completely wiped of. I believe Danny DeVito was a really good actor (as always). I thought it was weird even though he paid for the $1,000,000 lights by selling a family treasure passed down for generations and she still came back. Also if he couldn't afford those lights, how did he get the antique back. Did he steal it? I would recommend this as a Christmas film, not a comedy; some parts of it is funny. I would age this PG a forgettable barely sexual scene. Grade: B

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Draco W

Nov 26, 2018

Awful, awful, awful are the only words that come to mind when I think of this movie, the script is clunky the direction is awful the charachters are lifeless bores and for a Christmas movie it does little to get anyone into the Christmas spirit

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Abraham R

Dec 10, 2017

Slapstick and bland, just another xmas light neighbour movie.

Hagrid S

Nov 30, 2017

'Deck the Halls' has it's moments but they're a little too far in between and it's ultimately a film that you wish had more to offer than a standard holiday fare.

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John Whitesell

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Buddy Hall

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Steve Finch

Kristin Chenoweth

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Synopsis

Steve (Matthew Broderick), suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, finds a wrinkle in his well-ordered existence with the arrival of his new neighbor Danny (Danny DeVito). Danny has big dreams and plans to illuminate his house with enough holiday lights to make it visible from space. Not to be outdone, Steve declares a war of one-upmanship with Danny that threatens to drag the Christmas spirit through the slush.

Director: John Whitesell
Producer: Michael Costigan, Arnon Milchan, John Whitesell
Screenwriter: Don Rhymer, Matt Corman, Chris Ord
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, New Regency Pictures
Rating: PG (Language|Crude and Suggestive Humor)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $35.1M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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