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Metascore®41 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Refreshingly tart and lean, forgoing the usual schmaltz and syrup. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Crassly enjoyable. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    We got two gold-record singers and they don't sing? So? We got five Oscar-winning actors, and they don't need to act much. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The film has its funny moments, but they are too few to make the holiday excursion worthwhile. Read full review

  • 50
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Four Christmases is waste of time and a disappointment, but it's also relatively painless. Read full review

  • 42
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    The result is two bad movies in one: a gimmicky romantic comedy, and one of those seasonal headaches that submits loud family dysfunction as a vehicle for Christmas cheer. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Oddly misanthropic, occasionally amusing but thoroughly cheerless holiday attraction that is in no way a family film. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Bad enough to create one of the most joyless Christmas movies ever, but then to go for an unearned feel-good ending adds insult to injury. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    As Vaughn's therapist mother, Sissy Spacek comes off best. But she's a rare bird of whom it truly can be said: She's always good. No matter how grim the material. Read full review

  • 10
    Village Voice | Robert Wilonsky

    The movie doesn't offer a single surprise within its scant 82 minutes, which feel like at least twice that. Read full review