Review of Deck the Halls (2006) by Ali S — 21 Dec 2009

I looked at the box. I saw that it starred Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick. I knew that it would suck. I watched it. It sucked.

Deck the Halls is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I'm fairly certain that it is THE worst Christmas movie I've ever seen. I can't bring to a mind a movie ever that was this predictable.

It takes great skill and effort to murder a Christmas film. After all, you're in the mood for almost anything that has a few carols on the soundtrack and a foot or two of fake snow. We are very forgiving this time of year. But all those involved in the making of this film were very successful in killing it.

There's so much wrong that there is really no point in going through it all. And really, you can figure it out by reading the box. But then again, the box is deceiving with its "G" rating. This is definitely not a "G" rated film. Seeing as much of the "humour" comes from boobies, this classification makes no sense.

The only glimmer of pleasure was a couple of brief appearances by a British Kal Penn. It's fun to hear him speak of "biscuits.".

So, if you're looking for a couple of festive laughs this season, don't look here. You're better off watching Ernest save Christmas one more time.