Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 11/26/2008(USA)
Release Date: 11/24/2009
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DTHD/DD5.1
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Video
A crafty couple run the Christmas Day gauntlet by racing to visit their divorced parents' four separate households in this
Vince Vaughn/
Reese Witherspoon comedy that proves the holidays are no time for relaxing.
Brad (
Vaughn) and
Kate (
Witherspoon) have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now,
Brad and
Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds. Along the way, they perform in a church nativity play at the behest of
Kate's mother's (
Mary Steenburgen) pushy pastor
Phil (
Dwight Yoakam), contend with
Brad's gruff father,
Howard (
Robert Duvall), and bullying brothers,
Dallas (
Jon Favreau) and
Denver (
Tim McGraw) -- a pair of trained UFC fighters -- and pay a visit to
Brad's spacy, New Age mother,
Paula (
Sissy Spacek), who recently made waves in the family circle by marrying her son's childhood friend.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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