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Fred Claus [Blu-ray]

	Fred Claus [Blu-ray]
	by Warner Home Video Sales Rank: 2666 Price: $21.99

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/25/2008 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg *Viewer Reviews* How can a "better than expected" cast make such a mediocre Christmas film? Vince Vaughn plays....well...Vince Vaughn as Fred Claus the older brother of Paul Giamatti 's Nick Claus (older brother?!!?), the child that grows up to be ole Santa Claus himself. After off-screen Nick is Sainthooded and everyone related to him stops aging and even wives and parents will live forever (but forget about that point because a life of eternity is never mentioned again). Anywho, a couple of hundred years later Fred Claus is living as a loser in New York who due to his jealousy of his great brother, gets thrown in jail with a run-in of a few mall Santas, and as a last resort calls St. Nick to bail him out. But Santa wants something in return, and that's for his only brother to help out an over-worked North Pole by paying a visit. Ho, ho, oh-no! After a few mishaps with the elves, some of which have decided to take up Ninja-style defense training (you heard me), an efficiency expert shows up (wildly misused Kevin Spacey) and tries to shut down Santa's operation and outsource it to the South Pole. So, it's up to this Grinch of a brother to save the day, don the redsuit, and get the toys delivered on time. What got me about this film is that I couldn't figure out who it's core audience was. Too satirical for kids, too bland for adults. While the effects were XMas-y enough, if you were to take out the A-list actors, this would have played perfectly on Lifetime or ABC Family starring Luke Perry. And as for the elf actors, two of which played by John Michael Higgins and rapper Ludacris, they used the CGI-the-face-over-the-little-person effect like in Little Man, but very scrooge-like in making it look real. And why did Rachel Weisz agree to be in this for just three scenes? I guess not doing that last Mummy movie got her on the naughty list. So while the movie isn't a complete piece of coal, some scenes are slighly humourous like the Siblings Anonymous meeting Fred attends with other sufferers like Frank Stallone, Roger Clinton, and Stephen Baldwin. But at a tiring one hour and fifty-six minutes, this could have trimmed out more fruitcake and gave better presents. And if that wasn't bad enough, the one-disc's only bonus is twenty-five MORE minutes of deleted scenes?!!? Yipes, it's gonna actually BE Christmas by the time I finish this! So in conclusion, it's a decent rent for the holidays, but ask Santa for a better DVD to be placed in your stocking than this one because like most gifts you get this day, it will be forgotten by New Years. (RedSabbath Rating:6.0/10) Back To Top
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