2008 · comedy · romance · drama
Four Christmases
Directed by Seth Gordon1h 28m2008
Brad and Kate 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.
Our read: Four Christmases (2008) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · romance · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- gentle
- intimate
- funny
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