Deck the Halls (2006)

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space. Deck The Halls is not just a bad Christmas film but it's also a pretty bad film in every way that you can imagine and although the acting by Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick isn't bad the film is just not serious and you can take it seriously at all and here's why: Number 1 is the whole plot itself which is just awful i mean 2 neighbors go against each other for multiple dumb reasons and one of them wants to decorate his house with Christmas lights so he can see it from space? That is literally the worst plot for a film ever, also the marriage between DeVito and Chenoweth wasn't even for a second a bit believable or even that he has 2 beautiful twin daughters. This movie wasted both my time and money since i had to rent it just because it's Christmas but it was an overall disappointment and i'm gonna give it an 3/10

If you want to see a film where Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito act like juveniles than Deck The Halls is for you. Of course some juveniles might get offended.Broderick plays the unofficial Cloverdale, Massachusetts consultant on Christmas decoration and decor. That is until DeVito comes to town and moves across the street. DeVito is gauche and city born and bred and in Kristin Chenoweth has this Playboy Centerfold wife with a pair of twin daughters who take after mom. They arouse jealousy in Broderick's daughter Alia Shawkat, but in his young son Dylan Blue the hormones begin their first rage. Chenoweth does bond somewhat with Broderick's wife Kristin Davis.Broderick's pride and joy is his own tastefully decorated house during the Yuletide season. The rather shy and retiring optometrist gets put in the shade by DeVito's gaudy display of Christmas lights. But it's costing him some big bucks for this ostentatious show and eventually his job as a car salesman.These two really start acting like fools over the whole thing. Grownups simply aren't supposed to act the way they do, but Broderick is entering a second childhood and DeVito looks like he never grew up.I can safely say this is not going to be on anyone's list of great Christmas movies though it does beat out Santa Claus Conquers The Martians considerably.

'Deck the Halls' is A Decent Watch! It has some funny moments & energetic performances working for it. Time-Pass!'Deck the Halls' Synopsis: Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.'Deck the Halls' is flawed, but funny nonetheless. Sure, some jokes are lame, but I did laugh at some places. Matt Corman, Chris Ord & Don Rhymer's Screenplay could've been funnier, but there is something funny about it. John Whitesell's Direction is lively. Cinematography & Editing are very ordinary.Performance-Wise: Danny DeVito & Matthew Broderick are splendid actors & they are a joy to watch. As feuding neighbors, they both deliver wonderfully. Kristin Davis & Kristin Chenoweth are adequate. Kal Penn appears in a cameo. On the whole, 'Deck the Halls' is funny in parts.

The premise of this movie basically is that a man who is "The Christmas Guy" has a new neighbour who intends to have his house seen from space (why???) by putting up as much Christmas lights as possible, the Christmas guy doesn't want this guy to take over his role and he tries to sabotage it. Whilst also getting into disastrous and awkward situations that really aren't funny. I won't go into detail though.However the ending though is one I can see coming from miles away. Devito's character knows that Broderick's character is sabotaging his Christmas lights and eventually they resolve everything. However they resolve it I don't care. It wasn't particularly memorable. None of the characters were likable.Nothing out of this movie is particularly memorable or any good.