Fred Claus (2007)

The all-star supporting cast of Fred Claus boast four Oscars and nine nominations between them. So you have to ask what they're doing playing second fiddle to Vince Vaughn in a charmless festive farce that's the cinematic equivalent of taking a dump underneath a Christmas tree. Maybe they were wooed by the promise of seeing the lanky lead reunited with his Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin in a seasonal comedy pitched squarely at the audience who lapped up Elf. But it’s more likely they were wooed by producer Joel Silver's big fat chequebook - though if Paul Giamatti's Scrooge-like behaviour at last week's UK premiere is anything to go by, it looks as if he's already regretting being bought so cheaply…

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