Fred Claus (2007)

Director:

David Dobkin

Writers (WGA):

Dan Fogelman (screenplay)
Jessie Nelson (story) ...
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Release Date:

9 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Santa's brother is coming to town.

Plot:

Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole.

Plot Keywords:

North Pole | Christmas | Bitterness | Good Deed | Dysfunctional Relationship

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 30

2:30 PM

MAX

Cast

Vince Vaughn	...	Fred Claus
Paul Giamatti	...	Nick 'Santa' Claus
John Michael Higgins	...	Willie
Miranda Richardson	...	Annette Claus
Rachel Weisz	...	Wanda
Kathy Bates	...	Mother Claus
Trevor Peacock	...	Papa Claus
Ludacris	...	DJ Donnie (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Elizabeth Banks	...	Charlene
Jeremy Swift	...	Bob Elf
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Linda Elf
Kevin Spacey	...	Clyde
Rio Hackford	...	Leon
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Slam
Allan Corduner	...	Dr. Goldfarb
Jordon Hull	...	Young Fred - 6 Yrs Old
Liam James	...	Young Fred - 12 Yrs Old
Theo Stevenson	...	Young Nick - 6 Yrs Old
Allison Sparrow	...	Girl with Plasma TV
Fred Zimmerman	...	Caroler
Danny McCarthy	...	Salvation Army Santa
Keith Kupferer	...	Salvation Army Santa
Craig J. Harris	...	Jermaine Santa
Peter McCabe	...	Scary Thug
Jonathan Cullen	...	Guard
Wesley Chu	...	Bonsai Chef
Claudia Michelle Wallace	...	Child Services Agent
Guy Massey	...	Child Services Agent
Gabriel Pimentel	...	Head Secret Service Elf
Hassan Chikhaoui	...	Secret Service Elf
Vitalie Babara	...	Secret Service Elf
Morgane Monjauze	...	Molly Gordon
Justin Butler	...	Timmy Jackson
Angela Curran	...	Old Woman Elf
Celia Henebury	...	Girl Elf
Justin McEwen	...	Orphanage Kid
Tyler Kelley	...	Orphanage Kid
Dylan Minnette	...	Orphanage Kid
Anne White	...	Midwife
Patrick Zielinski	...	Cab Driver
William Dick	...	Group Leader
Frank Stallone	...	Himself
Roger Clinton	...	Himself
Stephen Baldwin	...	Himself
Jean-Yves Thual	...	Mission Control Elf
Jorge Rodero	...	Willie's Movements
Michael Mbhele	...	DJ Donnie's Movements
Burn Gorman	...	Elf
Orlando Seale	...	Elf
Charlie Condou	...	Elf
Melody Hollis	...	Timmy Jackson's Sister
Mike Bacarella	...	Wanda's Neighbor
Bert Matias	...	Eskimo
Rusty Goffe	...	Elf / Frosty the Barman
Peter Bonner	...	Bonner Elf (as Pete Bonner)
Tamara Aranovskaya	...	Elf
Natalia Avraimova	...	Elf
Irina Cheplyshkina	...	Elf
Shamil Galeev	...	Elf
Afiya Izmailova	...	Elf
Anton Khardarkevich	...	Elf
Zinaida Khardarkevich	...	Elf
Viktor Kharur	...	Elf
Zinaida Kharuk	...	Elf
Tatyana Kutaleva	...	Elf
Tatiana Lakhmytkina	...	Elf
Valentina Lipen	...	Elf
Vano Miranyan	...	Elf
Nadezda Miranova	...	Elf
Tetyana Moskalenko	...	Elf
Andriy Nagiyen	...	Elf
Firaya Nutfullina	...	Elf
Alexander Pavlov	...	Elf
Tatiana Pavlova	...	Elf
Antanina Satsura	...	Elf
Nadiia Shchava	...	Elf
Svetlana Shishkevich	...	Elf
Galina Shurygina	...	Elf
Irina Skripnichenko	...	Elf
Nina Sorokoletova	...	Elf
Victor Sovpenets	...	Elf
Veronika Starostina	...	Elf
Inna Sushkova	...	Elf
Mykola Yevdokymov	...	Elf
Alexey Zalatin	...	Elf
Don Goodman	...	Money Donor
Ramona Giambalvo	...	Money Donor
Christ Kopoulos	...	Money Donor
Jeannette Francis	...	Money Donor
Patrick Morris	...	Money Donor
Douglas Colber	...	Singer
Debra Congram	...	Singer
Deanna Edgerson	...	Singer
Robert H. Frenier	...	Singer
Johanna K. Hauki	...	Singer
Beth Kondrat	...	Singer
Erich K. Kurschat	...	Singer
Anthony D. Potempa	...	Singer
Paul E. Reineck	...	Singer
Julie Simms	...	Singer
Tracy M. Snell	...	Sla'ms Adoptive Mother
Antinko Zanjelo Waddell	...	Sla'ms Adoptive Father
Kiara Allyce Greene	...	Sla'ms Adoptive Sister
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Abustan	...	Upscale Shopper (uncredited)
Alexander Almaguer	...	Boy (uncredited)
Lillian Almaguer	...	Girl (uncredited)
Amy Amir	...	Muslim Woman (uncredited)
Tommy Bartlett	...	Upscale Shopper (uncredited)
Alex Bickle	...	Stockbroker (uncredited)
John Biemeret	...	Repo Man (uncredited)
Suzy Brack	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Megan Renee Burgess	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Christopher James Casper	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Evyenia Constantine	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Michael Cook	...	Upscale Shopper (uncredited)
Jessica Cooper	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Julia Copeland	...	Christmas Shopper (uncredited)
Ethan Cutkosky	...	Carl (uncredited)
Jay Disney	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Nick Doetsch	...	Celebrity Sibling (uncredited)
Ian Houghton	...	Clyde Northcutt (uncredited)
Shelby Howe	...	Toy Store Patron (uncredited)
Thomas Kosik	...	Christmas Shopper (uncredited)
Tim Krueger	...	Christmas Shopper (uncredited)
Joseph Lazicki	...	Sibling Member (uncredited)
Rob Lok	...	Knife Juggler (uncredited)
Joseph Mazurk	...	Background Santa (uncredited)
Abi McKenzie	...	Kid Waiting to See Santa (uncredited)
Steve Mikula	...	Salvation Army Santa (uncredited)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Older Man Getting Parking Ticket (uncredited)
Isabella Murad	...	Kid in Toy Store #3 (uncredited)
William Nero Jr.	...	Child in Line (uncredited)
Ernest Pierce	...	Stockbroker (uncredited)
Christopher Popio	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Henry Sandifer	...	Upscale Shopper (uncredited)
Amit Shah	...	Starbucks Customer (uncredited)
Michelle Shields	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Adrian Turika	...	Frat Boy (uncredited)
George Wood	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Max Zuppa	...	Kid #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
David Dobkin

Writing credits (WGA)
Dan Fogelman		(screenplay)
Jessie Nelson		(story) and
Dan Fogelman		(story)

Produced by
David Dobkin	....	producer
Paul Hitchcock	....	executive producer
Jessie Nelson	....	producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
Vince Vaughn	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Remi Adefarasin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mark Livolsi

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Jina Jay
Sarah Katzman

Production Design by
Allan Cameron

Art Direction by
Gary Baugh
Alex Cameron
Giles Masters		(supervising art director)
Mike Stallion

Set Decoration by
Erin Boyd		(as Erin Gould)
Daniel B. Clancy
Richard Roberts

Costume Design by
Anna B. Sheppard		(as Anna Sheppard)

Makeup Department
Roz Abery	....	special makeup effects artist
Vanessa Bastyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Barry Best	....	makeup artist
Mary 'Dugan' Buono	....	hair stylist: Chicago (as Dugan)
Sophia Burnage	....	makeup artist
Jayne Buxton	....	hair stylist
Jayne Buxton	....	makeup artist
Judy Chin	....	makeup artist: Chicago
Maria Cork	....	special makeup effects artist
Julie Dartnell	....	hair stylist
Julie Dartnell	....	makeup artist
Louise Day	....	special makeup effects artist
Claire Green	....	special makeup effects artist
Duncan Jarman	....	special makeup effects artist
Jennifer Latour	....	special effects makeup artist
Aimee Lippert-Bastien	....	makeup artist: Chicago (as Aimeé Lippert)
Mandy Lyons	....	hair stylist: Chicago
Dominic Mango	....	hair department head: Chicago
Helen Marchfield	....	makeup artist: Chicago
Ross Martucci	....	assistant special makeup effects artist: Chicago
Tony Mirante	....	hair stylist: Chicago (as Anthony Mirante)
Suzi Ostos	....	makeup department head: Chicago
Cheryl Pickenback	....	hair stylist: Chicago (as Cheryl Pickenpack)
Robin Pritchard	....	special makeup effects artist
Karen Purvis	....	special makeup effects artist
Morag Ross	....	makeup artist: Vince Vaughn
Neal Scanlan	....	special makeup effects artist
Maralyn Sherman	....	hair stylist
Maralyn Sherman	....	makeup artist
Colin Shulver	....	special makeup effects artist
Thomas Terhaar	....	hair stylist: Chicago (as Thomas C. Terhaar)
Tristan Versluis	....	special makeup effects artist
Lisa Westcott	....	hair designer
Lisa Westcott	....	makeup designer
Josh Weston	....	special makeup effects artist (as Joshua Weston)
Amanda Ward	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Demetra Diamantopoulos	....	unit production manager
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production
Steve Harding	....	unit production manager
Lil Heyman	....	production manager
Marianne Jenkins	....	post-production supervisor UK
Gavin Milligan	....	unit manager
Michael Murray	....	production manager: Cardington
Andrea Wertheim	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kwame Amoaku	....	second assistant director: second unit
Hannah Andrews	....	crowd assistant director
Tim Bieber	....	second unit director
William Booker	....	first assistant director: third unit
Rob Burgess	....	second assistant director: third unit
Matt Carver	....	crowd second assistant director
Bac DeLorme	....	key second assistant director
Ben Dixon	....	second assistant director: second unit
Stewart Hamilton	....	second assistant director: UK additional photography
Stewart Hamilton	....	third assistant director
Sarah Hood	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Alex Kaye-Besley	....	additional third assistant director: second unit
Martin Krauka	....	first assistant director: second unit
Dion Lam	....	fight unit director
Richard S. Lederer	....	first assistant director: Chicago second unit
Jonathan McGarry	....	first assistant director
Shaun O'Dell	....	second unit director: UK
Sunni-Ali Powell	....	second assistant director
Stefan Rand	....	second second assistant director
Nick Starr	....	third assistant director: second unit
Alan Stewart	....	third unit director
Emma Stokes	....	second second assistant director
Adrian Toynton	....	key second assistant director

Art Department
Myke Adams	....	art department intern
Michael Ahasay	....	props
Alex Aitkin	....	plasterer
Martin Asbury	....	storyboard artist
David Balfour	....	property master
Denise Ball	....	draughtsman
Ray Barrett	....	construction manager
Jason Breitzman	....	assistant graphic designer
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Rob Cameron	....	assistant set decorator
David J. Chamerski	....	property master
Richard Cheal	....	propmaker
Tanja Deshida	....	buyer
Andrew Dyer	....	stagehand
Jack Dyer	....	construction buyer
Penelope Franco	....	art department coordinator: VSX
Seth Gass	....	art department assistant
Thomas J. Glynn	....	on-set dresser
Bruce Gordon	....	head sculptor
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Kristin Hanson	....	graphic artist: Chicago
Kevin Harris	....	assistant construction manager
Mark Hedges	....	dressing prop daily
Robert Hill	....	supervising prop dresser
Kyle Holden	....	set dresser
Marc Homes	....	stand-by art director
Patricia Johnson	....	assistant art director
Mary Mackenzie	....	graphic artist
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist
Tony Marks	....	carpenter
Stephen McGregor	....	chargehand carpenter
Simon McGuire	....	concept artist
Kelly Neary	....	property coordinator
Heather Noble	....	art department coordinator
Matthew J. Norskog	....	set dresser
Sara Nudelman	....	art coordinator: Chicago
Troy Osman	....	construction foreman
Tyler Osman	....	construction coordinator
Kerry Sanders	....	set designer: Chicago
Ericka N. Shane	....	construction estimator: Chicago
Clare Sharples	....	props
Aaron Sims	....	concept artist
Glenn Stevens	....	stand-by construction
Larry Szymanowski	....	on-set scenic
Anna Thomas	....	art department assistant trainee: FT2
Bradley Torbett	....	supervising stand-by propman
Jason Torbett	....	stand-by property master
Scott Troha	....	leadman: Chicago
Norman Walshe	....	concept artist
John Wells	....	location property master
Kho Wong	....	set decorating coordinator
Dorrie Young	....	art department assistant
Stephanie Bell	....	modelmaker (uncredited)
Rachel Cutler	....	petty cash buyer (uncredited)
Phil Ellman	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jack Garwood	....	stand-by prop: second unit (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jorge Adrados	....	assistant sound
Jorge Adrados	....	boom operator: additional photography second unit
Bob Beher	....	supervising foley editor
Odin Benitez	....	dialogue editor
John Casali	....	third unit sound
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Carmen Flores De Tanis	....	assistant sound editor
Jessica A. Dickson	....	dialogue editor
Linda Di Franco	....	sound editor
Karl Dondlinger	....	boom operator: second unit
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Charles Hamilton	....	pre-dub recordist
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Jason Johnston	....	second boom operator: Chicago
Colin Jones	....	boom operator: Chicago
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lisa J. Levine	....	adr editor
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound effects editor
Stephane Malenfant	....	second boom operator
Kimberly R. McCord	....	dialogue editor
Shaun Mills	....	boom operator
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Ronnie Morgan	....	assistant sound editor
Jackie Nico	....	adr
Angelo Palazzo	....	sound effects editor
Margit Pfeiffer	....	dialogue editor
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Kevin J. Summers	....	boom operator
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Edward Tise	....	sound mixer: Chicago
Renee Tondelli	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Clayton Weber	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Matthew G. Armstrong	....	special effects technician: Second Unit
Beverly Austin	....	roduction buyer
Michael Badley	....	special effects trainee
Steve Benelisha	....	special effects senior technician
David Brighton	....	special effects assistant supervisor
Rodney Burke	....	special effects technician
Neil Corbould	....	special effects supervisor
Amit Desai	....	special effects technician
Ryan Evans	....	special effects technician
Raymond Ferguson	....	workshop supervisor
Nick Finlayson	....	senior special effects technician
Michael Fox	....	special effects technician
Vesna Giordano	....	special effects makeup
Claire Green	....	assistant moldmaker
Claire Green	....	silicone technician
Dan Homewood	....	special effects technician
Matthew Horton	....	senior special effects technician
David Johns	....	snow effects technician
James Kernot	....	mould maker: Neal Scanlan Studio
Danielle McAulay	....	special effects technician
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	snow effects floor supervisor
Mark Meddings	....	special effects technician
Huw Millar	....	special effects assistant
Chris Motjuoadi	....	special effects
Don Parsons	....	special effects coordinator: Chicago
Dave Poole	....	senior special effects technician
Simon Quinn	....	special effects technician
Jessica Read	....	special effects trainee
Del Reid	....	snow effects technician
Lee Rider	....	senior spx technician
Corina Rosca	....	special effects coordinator
David 'Pinkie' Thomas	....	snow effects technician
Anne Marie Walters	....	senior special effects technician
Steven Warner	....	special effects floor supervisor
David Watkins	....	floor supervisor: second unit
Conway Wickliffe	....	special effects technician
Daniel Williams	....	special effects technician
Alan Young	....	assistant supervisor
Amanda Ward	....	special effects makeup (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Paolo Acri	....	digital compositor: MPC
Axel Akesson	....	lead lighting technical director: Cinesite
Sav Akyüz	....	digital matte painter: Rainmaker
Sav Akyüz	....	visual effects editor: Rainmaker
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Terence Alvares	....	digital compositor
Christopher Antoniou	....	visual effects
Zoran Arizanovic	....	Houdini effects artist: Cinesite
Oliver Armstrong	....	roto artist
Myles Asseter	....	visual effects
Kate Auld	....	digital compositor
Erika Bach	....	3D scanning assistant coordinator
Andrew Baggarley	....	lighting technical director
Richard Bain	....	visual effects: Bain VFX, London
Richard Baker	....	senior compositor: MPC
Kamilla Bak	....	digital compositor
Susanne Becker	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Nick Bedford	....	digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company
Lizzie Bentley	....	digital matte artist: Rainmaker UK
Alex Bicknell	....	visual effects supervisor
Paul Birkett	....	lead rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Mawusime Blewuada	....	data operator
Michelle Blok	....	previsualization artist: Nvizage
Julian Blom	....	roto/prep coordinator
Martin Body	....	lead rotoscope artist
Rick Boyle	....	rigging: Cinesite
Nadav Brill	....	lead cloth technical director: MPC
Kelly Bruce	....	compositor
Stuart Bullen	....	digital compositor
Andrew Bunday	....	render engineer
Luke Butler	....	roto/prep: MPC
Naomi Butler	....	roto/prep artist
Kevin Campbell	....	technical manager
Jon Capleton	....	matchmove supervisor
Tom Carrick	....	crowd animator
Scott Chambers	....	digital compositor
Adrian Chan	....	modeler
Georgios Cherouvim	....	effects technical director: MPC
Thomas Clary	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Rebecca Clay	....	roto artist
Grant Connor	....	Inferno artist
Kingsley Cook	....	visual effects assistant coordinator: Warner Bros
Gemma Cooper	....	digital artist
Stephen Coren	....	CG artist: Rainmaker UK
Frank Coronado	....	storyboard artist
Ed Cross	....	visual effects editor: MPC
Mark Curtis	....	compositing supervisor
Nick D'Aguiar	....	digital compositor: Machine FX
Adam Davis	....	crowd simulation technical artist
Luan Davis	....	compositor
Graham Day	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Christopher DeFaria	....	visual effects executive
Jorge del Valle	....	character rigger
Keith Devlin	....	senior compositor: Machine FX
Sylvan Dieckmann	....	research & development
Sylvan Dieckmann	....	shading supervisor: mray
Feliciano di Giorgio	....	senior compositor
John Paul Docherty	....	visual effects supervisor: Peerless
Michael Dohne	....	digital compositor: MPC
Clare Johanna Downie	....	administrator: Peerless
Clare Johanna Downie	....	post-production assistant: Peerless
Nick Drew	....	visual effects production manager: Rainmaker UK
Catherine Duncan	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor
Erik Ellefsen	....	character technical director: Cinesite
Jane Ellis	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Elson	....	executive producer: MPC
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer
Valentina Ercolani	....	character technical director: MPC
Ian Fallon	....	render wrangler: MPC
Bruno Fernandes	....	digital compositor: Machine FX
Laura Fitzpatrick	....	administrator: Peerless
Andrew Fletcher	....	digital compositor: MPC
Joss Flores	....	digital compositor
Matt Foster	....	roto/prep Artist: Cinesite
James Furlong	....	texture artist: The Moving Picture Company
Ron Ganbar	....	digital compositor
Adam Gascoyne	....	visual effects supervisor: Rainmaker UK
Philippe Gaulier	....	texture artist
Mikael Genachte-Lebail	....	digital artist: MPC
Clement Gerard	....	lighting artist
Ben Gillingham-Sutton	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
Lucinda Glenn	....	asset department manager: MPC
Richard Gomes	....	digital effects artist
Lisa Gonzalez	....	modeller: MPC
Dianne Gordon	....	data operations manager
Elysia Greening	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Turlo Griffin	....	digital matte painter
Jem Grimshaw	....	lighting technical director
Vinnakota Gupta	....	3D pipeline technical director: Cinesite
Crystal Hadcroft	....	rotoscope artist: Peerless
Faraz Hameed	....	previsualization artist/animator: Nvizage
Jonathan Harris	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker UK
Mark Harrison	....	CG artist
Nic Hatch	....	previs supervisor: Nvizage
Penny Hayler	....	matchmove coordinator: MPC
Penny Hayler	....	roto/prep: MPC
Sandro Henriques	....	digital compositor: cinesite
Afif Heukeshoven	....	lead matchmove artist
Grant Hewlett	....	senior technical director: lighting
Jeremy Hey	....	digital compositor
Matt Hicks	....	CG supervisor: MPC
Alex Hislop	....	matchmove artist
Kay Hoddy	....	junior compositor
Andrew Hogden	....	roto/prep artist
Ian Holland	....	inferno artist: Peerless Camera Company
Oliver Hollis	....	motion capture actor
Vlad Holst	....	environments technical director
Uel Hormann	....	visual effects supervisor: MPC
Ryan Hutchings	....	visual effects
Michael Illingworth	....	visual effects
Jonna Isotalus	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Zave Jackson	....	digital compositor
Suzanne Jandu	....	digital compositor
Helen Johnson	....	roto/prep artist
Marc Jones	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Owen Jones	....	lead matchmove artist
Timothy P. Jones	....	digital imaging
Marc Jouveneau	....	digital compositor
Matt Kasmir	....	lead compositor
Peng Ke	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Peng Ke	....	prep/paint artist
Elaine Kieran	....	software research and development: MPC
Andrew Kingston	....	systems administrator
Diane Kingston	....	digital effects producer
Seth Kleinberg	....	compositor: main and end titles
Arek Komorowski	....	digital compositor
Dean Koonjul	....	lead compositor: Rainmaker UK
Andrew Koutsou	....	visual effects on-set match mover
Debbie Langford	....	mocap/crowd layout: MPC, London
Douglas Larmour	....	digital compositor
Lorenzo Lavatelli	....	effects technical director: MPC
Tim Ledbury	....	digital matte painting
Adrian Lee	....	data operative/render wrangler: Cinesite
Fabio Leporelli	....	sequence lead
Sean Lewkiw	....	CG technical head: Rainmaker UK
Bjorn Liljequist	....	senior lighting technical director
Richard Little	....	supervisor
John Lockwood	....	visual effects supervisor: Machine
Keir Longden	....	motion tracker: Cinesite
Andrew Loschin	....	assistant visual effects editor
Nelson Lowry	....	digital art director
Adam Lucas	....	rigging supervisor: Cinesite
Angela Magrath	....	character technical director
Julian Mann	....	digital compositor
Howard Margolius	....	visual effects technical director: MPC
Luke Massingberd	....	rotoscope artist
Javad Matoorian-Pour	....	roto/prep artist
Alan McCabe	....	render wrangler: MPC
Timothy McCallum	....	character supervisor
Christopher McDermott	....	Inferno artist
Andrew McDonald	....	head of modeling: MPC
Marlin McGlone	....	data operative
Erin McGookin	....	digital intermediate producer
Paul McWilliams	....	digital artist
Matt Middleton	....	sequence lead
Thomas Middleton	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Standish Millennas	....	visual effects coordinator: Machine
László Molnár	....	texture artist: MPC
Giuseppe Motta	....	technical director: lighting
David Antonin Mucci	....	supervising lighting technical director
Ryan Mullany	....	roto/paint lead
Jonathan Neill	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite
Guy Nesfield	....	rotoscope artist
Leila Nicotera	....	matchmove artist
Roma O'Connor	....	visual effects executive producer: Rainmaker UK
Shannon Leigh Olds	....	visual effects editor
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	lead CG artist/matte painter: Rainmaker UK
Alban Orlhiac	....	head of texture: MPC
Tahir Palali	....	matchmove artist: MPC
John Palmer	....	digital film bureau manager: scanning
Stephane Paris	....	modeling supervisor: Cinesite
Simon Payne	....	CG clothing technical director
Claire Pegorier	....	digital effects artist
Claire Pegorier	....	head cloth artist: MPC
Venetia Penna	....	roto/prep artist
Nicolas Petit	....	technical director: lighting
Andy Pinson	....	rotoscope artist
Rob Pizzey	....	digital colourist
George Plakides	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Corinne Pooler	....	executive visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Tristan Porter	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Ingo Putze	....	lead matte painter: Cinesite
Janet Quen	....	senior Inferno artist
Andrew Ramirez	....	visual effects editor
Edward Randolph	....	visual effects coordinator: Baseblack
Ollie Rankin	....	crowd sim lead
Sagar Rathod	....	previsualization artist/animator: Nvizage
Adrian Ratley	....	match mover
Nicholas David Reed	....	visual effects camera technical director
Tom Reed	....	head of rigging: MPC
Michael Ridgwell	....	digital artist
Mark Robben	....	digital compositor
Sascha Robitzki	....	crowd sim lead: MPC
Duncan Robson	....	motion editor: MPC
Paul Round	....	Head of 2D: Peerless
Sam Rowan	....	modeller
Allison Rutland	....	digital artist: MPC
Olivier Ryard	....	digital compositor
Florian Salanova	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Pierre Salazar	....	modeler
Nobuteru Sasagawa	....	digital artist
Laurel Schneider	....	visual effects producer: Rainmaker UK
Markus Schneider	....	digital compositor
Michele Sciolette	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Liz Scully	....	senior lighting technical director: MPC
Bruno Simões	....	crowd layout technical director: MPC
Laurel A. Smith	....	senior texture painter
Tammy Smith	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Sally Spencer	....	visual effects producer
Simon Stanley-Clamp	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Adrian Steel	....	lead render wrangler
Rainer Stolle	....	digital environment artist: Rainmaker UK
David Stopford	....	effects technical director
Sheldon Stopsack	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Steve Street	....	visual effects supervisor: Machine
Bill Sturgeon	....	visual effects coordinator
Peter Szewczyk	....	digital background artist
Neil Szymanski	....	data operative
Giuseppe Tagliavini	....	digital compositor: MPC
Aaron Taylor	....	data wrangler: MPC
Scott Taylor	....	digital compositor: MPC
Vilmos Thernesz	....	digital compositor: Machine FX
Andrew Myles Thompson	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Ashley Tilley	....	modeller
Shahin Toosi	....	senior paint/prep and roto artist
Tom Truscott	....	digital compositor
Can Tuncer	....	senior modeller: Cinesite
Gert Van Dermeersch	....	digital compositor
John Van Hoey Smith	....	digital compositor
Fani Vassiadi	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Paul Vorsman	....	compositor
Holger Voss	....	senior creature technical director: Cinesite
Adam Walker	....	modeller
Ian Ward	....	digital effects artist
Thom Wickes	....	render/data wrangler: Cinesite
Trevor Wide	....	texture artist
Gina Willis	....	visual effects coordinator: Warner Bros.
Robert A. Willis	....	visual effects coordinator
Angie Wills	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Chris Wilson	....	3D lighting artist: MPC
Chris Wilson	....	render wrangler: MPC
Blake Winder	....	digital compositor: Machine FX
Arthur Windus	....	visual effects producer
Oliver Winwood	....	assistant digital resource manager: MPC
Kim Worrall	....	digital compositor
Anna Yamazoe	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Aviv Yaron	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Joyce Young	....	lighting technical director
Dan Zelcs	....	character technical director: MPC
Keith Barton	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Hayley Collins	....	roto/prep artist: MPC (uncredited)
Martyn Drake	....	systems: MPC (uncredited)
Ed Hall	....	coordinator: Peerless Camera Company (uncredited)
Duncan Lees	....	head of 3D services: Plowman Craven and Associates (uncredited)
Sarah MacKenzie	....	administrator (uncredited)
Tony Man	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Tim Pruce	....	digital effects artist: Peerless (uncredited)
Florian Schuck	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Jonathan Sykes	....	data operative/render wrangler: Cinesite (uncredited)
Nicola Valsamakis	....	administration: peerless camera company (uncredited)
Melissa Widup	....	roto artist: Escape Studios/MPC (uncredited)

Stunts
Melanie A. Allen	....	stunts
Robert G Beck	....	stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double
Lisa Walcott Bucaro	....	stunt performer
Brian Christensen	....	stunt performer
Tony Christian	....	utility stunts
George Cottle	....	stunt double
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz	....	stunt performer
Bradley Farmer	....	stunts
James Fierro	....	stunt performer
Mark Harper	....	stunt performer
Ian Houghton	....	stunt double: Kevin Spacey
Dion Lam	....	fight choreographer
Matthew LeFevour	....	stunt performer
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator
Tom Lowell	....	stunts
Marc Mailley	....	stunt performer
Daniel Maldonado	....	stunt performer
Natalie M. Meyer	....	stunts
Marty Murray	....	stunts
Chris Nolte	....	stunt performer
Peter Pedrero	....	stunt safety
Linda Perlin	....	stunt performer
Scott Philyaw	....	stunt performer
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Alicia Skirball	....	stunts
Jodi Starnes	....	utility stunts
Todd Rogers Terry	....	stunt performer
Holly Barrett	....	stunt patron (uncredited)
Nina Leone	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Adefarasin	....	central loader
John Adefarasin	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Rene Adefarasin	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
David Armstrong	....	grip: third unit
John Arnold	....	key grip
Stuart Bell	....	additional grip: second unit
Jaap Buitendijk	....	still photographer
Stuart Bunting	....	grip: "b" camera
Alex M. Cacciarelli	....	video assist operator: visual effects
Chris Clarke	....	additional second assistant camera
Jonathan Clark	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, Chicago
Cheli Clayton	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera: Los Angeles
Dawn Copeland	....	video assist
David Cozens	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Eugene F. Crededio	....	gaffer
Barnaby Crocker	....	second assistant camera
Brett Crutcher	....	camera operator: cablecam
Jaime Dawkins	....	grip: Chicago
Laurence Edwards	....	crane technician
Danny Espey	....	electrician
Simon Finney	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Fred Folmer	....	dolly grip: second unit
Mark Funnell	....	best boy
Zachary Gannaway	....	second assistant camera: Chicago
Alejandro Garcia	....	crane technician: Technocrane
Jeffery Garland	....	second assistant camera
Bob Gomez	....	rigging electrician
Brian Greenway	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit
Andy Hopkins	....	additional grip
Dylan Jones	....	video operator: second unit
Andy Jupp	....	key rigging grip
Lee Kazista	....	libra head operator: Chicago
Russell Kennedy	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Michael Kohnhorst	....	director of photography: second unit, Chicago
Matthew LeCrone	....	electrician
Morgan Michael Lewis	....	key grip
Tobias Marshall	....	camera trainee
David Maund	....	key grip: second unit
Donna McLain	....	rigging electrician
Elizabeth Miller	....	second assistant camera: 2nd Unit
Jamie Mills	....	electrician
Paul Molloy	....	electrician
David Morenz	....	assistant camera
Peter Morenz	....	film loader
John Morris	....	best boy grip
Chris Mulsoff	....	best boy electric: Chicago
Chris Mulsoff	....	best boy: electric
Spencer Murray	....	first assistant camera: dailies
Gary Nolan	....	electrician
Shaun O'Dell	....	director of photography: second unit, UK
Keith Pokorski	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Sunni-Ali Powell	....	electrician
Dominic Rau	....	second video assist
Nick Ray	....	grip: third unit
James F. Roorda	....	key rigging grip
Tim Ryan	....	grip intern
Chris Ryerson	....	second unit: key grip
Todd SanSone	....	wireless imaging technician: aerial unit
Andrew Shields	....	video playback operator: second unit
Dean M. Simmon	....	first assistant camera
Stuart Slack	....	grip
Matthew Steinbach	....	camera production assistant
Alan Stewart	....	camera operator: third unit, UK
Alan Stewart	....	director of photography: third unit, UK
Iain Struthers	....	focus puller: "a" camera, third unit
Tom Taylor	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Alan Thatcher	....	additional camera operator
Martin Ward	....	video playback operator
Martyn Welland	....	electrician
Dave Wells	....	additional grip: second unit
Dave Wightman	....	first assistant camera
Joe 'Jody' Williams	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Chicago
Ben Wilson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Steven R. Wojcik	....	additional camera operator
Cameron Zetty	....	lighting console programmer
Joe Carpita	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera, Chicago (uncredited)
Stephanie Dufford	....	additional second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Jeff Tomcho	....	camera loader: second unit (uncredited)
Chris Wittenborn	....	camera loader: Chicago (uncredited)

Animation Department
Terence Bannon	....	previs artist
Francesco Canonico	....	animator
Jason Ivimey	....	senior animator

Casting Department
Dixie Chassay	....	casting associate
Judy Cook	....	additional casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Lindsay Heller	....	extras casting assistant
Kelly Valentine Hendry	....	casting: children, UK
Robin Hudson	....	casting assistant
Clare Morris	....	extras casting associate
Joan Philo	....	extras casting
Margo J. Zuffante	....	extras casting assistant
Lauren Farbstein	....	extras casting intern (uncredited)
Bogdana Kruger	....	extras casting intern (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daryl Bristow	....	wardrobe supervisor
Patrick Caulfield	....	costumer
Jane Clive	....	assistant costume designer
Lizzie Cook	....	costumer
Samantha Cousins	....	costume maker
Lee Croucher	....	costume stand-by
Rebecca Cunningham	....	wardrobe assistant
Elena D'Cruze-Reynolds	....	costume assistant
Marco De Magalhaes	....	costume assistant
Alix Hester	....	costumer: Vince Vaughn
Tom Hornsby	....	second unit wardrobe master
Ann Maskrey	....	costumes
Sukari McGill	....	costumer
Sarah Moore	....	chief costume breakdown artist
Steve O'Sullivan	....	costume assistant
Peter Paul	....	wardrobe master
Jeannie Vanko	....	costumer
David Whiteing	....	costumer: Paul Giamatti
Michelle Wickland	....	crowd wardrobe mistress
Celia Yau	....	costume buyer

Editorial Department
Sheryl Benko	....	post-production coordinator
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	on-line editor
Jim Eberle	....	on-line editor
Elliott Eisman	....	editorial production assistant
Rob Gordon	....	senior digital film editor
Adam Gough	....	editorial trainee
Danya Joseph	....	assistant editor
David Matusek	....	assistant editor (as Dave Matusek)
Julie Monroe	....	additional editor
Missy Papageorge	....	digital intermediate producer
Erik Rogers	....	digital intermediate producer
Laurent Treherne	....	digital intermediate technical director
Jane Winkles	....	assistant editor
Todd Zongker	....	first assistant editor
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Stephen Coleman	....	music programmer
Dan DiPrima	....	music editor
Oliver Hug	....	assistant music editor
Alastair King	....	conductor
Jake Monaco	....	score coordinator
Jake Parker	....	orchestrator
Gary K. Thomas	....	orchestrator
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Erica Weis	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John Atkins	....	unit driver
Guy Bostock	....	action vehicle coordinator
Michael R. Cairo	....	driver
Alan Canty	....	unit driver
Brian C. Pawlowski	....	transportation manager
Colin Simmons	....	unit driver
Lol Smith	....	driver: actor
Gerry Turner	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Caridad Angus	....	stand-in Miranda Richardson
Tom Asquith	....	production assistant
Aaron Auch	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Alison Bage	....	construction nurse
Guy Barker	....	financial controller
Bridgett Baron	....	payroll accountant: Screen Actors Guild
Holly Bates	....	assistant accountant
Jeremy Beiermann	....	assistant production office coordinator: Chicago unit
Nathaniel E. Bell	....	set assistant to director
Richard Mark Blecha	....	script coordinator
Terry Blyther	....	location manager
Adam Boor	....	location assistant
Russell Dewulff Booth	....	floor runner
Caroline Bowker	....	assistant script supervisor
Caroline Bowker	....	script supervisor: dailies
Sarah Brand	....	set runner: second unit
Tom Browne	....	daily runner
Debbi Burns	....	stand-in
Kerensa Burton	....	dailies assistant script supervisor
Dale Caba	....	stand-in
Karl Caffrey	....	production assistant
Nicholas Carranza	....	accounting clerk
Tom Castronovo	....	production intern
Leah Chalk	....	health and safety
Yuriy Chernin	....	intern
Les Child	....	choreographer: Vince Vaughn
Stephen Clarke	....	production assistant: Chicago
Stephanie Class	....	intern
Mark Coleran	....	computer screen graphics
William Conacher	....	dialect coach
Chris-Teena Constas	....	location set assistant
Neal Cornell	....	production assistant
Lisa Davidson	....	production coordinator: Warner Bros.
Tim Davies	....	assistant location manager
Lara Davis	....	production assistant
D.C. Douglas	....	adr voice match: Kevin Spacey
Cristiano D'Urso	....	assistant accountant
Jake Edmonds	....	health and safety coordinator
Judith Edwards	....	construction nurse
Sara Ellingen	....	production secretary
Ceri Evans	....	script supervisor: third unit
Frederick Ryland Fisher Jr.	....	production assistant
Nick Fulton	....	location scout
Fiona Garland	....	travel coordinator
Greg Garthe	....	assistant: David Dobkin
Corey Gibbons	....	production assistant
Hannah Godwin	....	assistant production coordinator
Michelle Gonsiorek	....	set production assistant
Matthew Goodwin	....	additional production assistant
Anne Marie Gormley	....	construction accountant
Wade Hagen	....	key accountant: Chicago unit
Oliver Hazell	....	floor runner
Callie Hersheway	....	production intern
Vanessa Hickey	....	production assistant
Eric Hingst	....	set production assistant
Sam Holt	....	production coordinator
Holli Hopkins	....	production assistant
Nicholas Jamison	....	production assistant
Bradley Dean Jones	....	stand-in: Vince Vaughn, Chicago
Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan	....	production accountant
Ross L. Kulma	....	first aid medic: Chicago
Michael Kuster	....	stand-in
Martha Lafage	....	assistant location manager
Christopher Lane	....	set production assistant
Joseph Lazicki	....	utility stand-in
Alex Lee	....	production assistant: Chicago
Holly Lee	....	additional set production assistant
Jenne Lee	....	set production assistant: Chicago
Talia Leone	....	office production assistant: Chicago
Lidia Lukes	....	executive assistant: Paul Hitchcock
Andy Madden	....	additional floor runner
Emily Maisano	....	assistant: Jessie Nelson
Lynn C. Marchionno	....	second assistant accountant
Scott Markus	....	production assistant
William Maursky	....	production assistant
Jay May	....	product placement
James R. McAllister	....	location manager
Caitlin McCahill	....	production assistant
Pat McCarthy	....	production coordinator: USA
Jill McCullough	....	dialect coach
Fiona May Mclaren	....	accounts trainee
Laura Miles	....	script supervisor: second unit
Danielle Morris	....	daily set production assistant
Tom Mulberge	....	crowd runner: UK
Ryan Needham	....	office production assistant
Lisa Nichols	....	studio teacher
Tom Nicoll	....	set production assistant: Chicago
Ruth Nicol	....	unit nurse
Stefan Nikolov	....	set interpreter
Nicole Oesterle	....	production assistant
Ann Ormesher	....	accounting assistant
Lynne Page	....	choreographer
Natasha Parker	....	additional set production assistant
Natasha Parker	....	production assistant
John M. Pisani	....	unit publicist
Mike Pisani	....	production assistant
Jason Potash	....	set production assistant
Marc Quandt	....	production assistant
Celina Radwanski	....	set runner
Stefan Rand	....	set production assistant
Stacy Raskin	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Myles Robey	....	production assistant
Jason Roby	....	second unit production assistant
Jason Ruffolo	....	set production assistant: Chicago
Paul Ruffolo	....	assistant: Vince Vaughn
Jean-Marc Rulier	....	cyber scanning
Wonder Fortune Serra	....	assistant: Jessie Nelson
Jim Shinkle	....	stand-in: John Michael Higgins, Chicago
Emma Short	....	assistant accountant
Kerri Smeltzer	....	production office coordinator
Gemma Smithers	....	assistant accountant
Jessica Solce	....	assistant: Rachel Weisz
Andy Spellman	....	set production assistant
Helen Stergiou	....	payroll accountant
Claire Stewart	....	assistant production coordinator
Bret August Tanzer	....	production assistant
Katherine Tibbetts	....	production coordinator
Kathryn Cole Tufts	....	assistant: Paul Giamatti (as Cole Tufts)
Lisa Vick	....	script supervisor
Kate Wallace	....	intern
Aaron Waltke	....	production assistant
Kimberly Wasson	....	production assistant
David Dino Wells Jr.	....	production assistant
Kevin Westley	....	location assistant
Heath Winn	....	production assistant
Mark N. Woods	....	technocrane operator
Brian Worsley	....	assistant: Bill Draper
Michelle Wraight	....	assistant production coordinator
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video playback engineer
Rudra Banerji	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Janina Maria	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jeff Tomcho	....	remote head technician (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Silver Pictures
• David Dobkin Productions
• Jessie Nelson Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Neal Scanlan Studios (special make-up effects)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (visual effects)
• Cinesite (visual effects) (as Cinesite Europe Ltd)
• Peerless Camera Company (visual effects)
• Rainmaker (visual effects) (as Rainmaker Animation And Visual Effects UK)
• Image Streams (additional visual effects)
• AudioMotion (motion capture)
• Baseblack
• Escape Studios
• Gentle Giant Studios
• Machine (visual effects)
• Plowman Craven & Associates (3D Cyber & LIDAR scanning and digital modelling)
• Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Snow Business International (snow effects)
• Visual Effects Company, The (motion control)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  camera equipment and cranes provided by
• Adacc  
• Arion Facilities  dailies telecine transfers
• Audiolink Radio Communications  PA system
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies/mobiles
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• Joan Philo Casting  extras casting
• Joe Dunton & Company  video assist equipment
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• One Post  digital intermediate
• One8Six  video playback equipment
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Prologue Films  titles
• Rockbottom Rentals  Nextel cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Salon  Avid editing equipment
• Translux  facilities and trucks
• Useful Company  digital playback and design
• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• Wildfire Studios  editorial facilities

Also Known As:

Joe Claus (USA) (working title)
Untitled Vince Vaughn/David Dobkin Project (USA) (working title)
El hermano de Santa (Argentina) (DVD title) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Frère Noël (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Die Gebrüder Weihnachtsmann (Germany) [de]
Fred Claus - Jõuluvana vend (Estonia) [et]
Fred Claus - Un fratello sotto l'albero (Italy) [it]
Fred Claus, el hermano gamberro de Santa Claus (Spain) [es]
Fred Mraz (Croatia) [hr]
Le frère Noël (Canada: French title) [fr]
O adelfos tou Ai Vasili (Greece) (DVD title) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and some rude humor.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:PG-12 | Canada:G (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:6 | USA:PG (certificate #43797) | UK:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Denmark:A | South Africa:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

David Dobkin was originally going to direct I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), but dropped out to work with Vince Vaughn in Fred Claus (2007). The two originally worked together on Clay Pigeons (1998) and again in Wedding Crashers (2005).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At the Siblings Anonymous meeting, Roger Clinton explains that he got upset watching footage of his famous brother Bill on the History Channel making his 1993 State of the Union Address to Congress. There was no State of the Union address in 1993 as Bill Clinton had just become President and the traditional speech never takes place during an inauguration year.

Quotes:

Fred Claus: Love's complicated.
Willie: It hurts.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Fred's Factory Dance

The cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking.

Painfully bad Christmas film that has an equally painfully bad performance by Vince Vaughn, who is paying his usual frat boy self but this time for a children's movie but with out the wit or charm that is in his R rated films. Vaughn seems like he's on autopilot though most of the film and he keeps running into walls with his lackluster performance. After 30 minutes into the film, you would be in touch your inner scourge and say "Bahumbag" at how unfunny this film is and after another 30 minutes, you will want to walk out over how unbearable the film has gotten during that point. Out of all the actors involved in this mess, only Paul Giamatti and Rachel Weisz brings some life to there perspective paper thin roles and that's manly because they are both way too good of actors to be in this film. Paul Giamatti brings some depth and warmth to the character of Saint Nick himself but he's forced to Vaughn's level of juvenile behavior when they are doing their sad sibling infighting. You can see in Giamatti face that he's not having fun with his role and it painfully shows in certain parts of the film. Rachel Weisz brings a sense of fun and spirit to her role but she really does not have much of a character to work with and you can see in her face that she's well aware of that, so much so that she seems irritated in certain parts of the film. Fortunately for her, she's not in the film much at all and is able to save some face, unlike Giamatti, who looks like he's about to fire his agent by the end of the movie. The direction also feels uninspiring, like there is no feeling or flow to be had and this is a supposed to be a holiday movie but it ends up feeling like you are just staring at a fancy widow display that is being torn down.

I don't know what went wrong here but with only two actors involved (Giamatti and Weisz) trying their best to at least bring something to the table with a unfunny script they had to work with, spotty direction with no feeling for the subject at hand ( and this is a Christmas movie of all things) and a actor who just does not care about his performance (Vaughn), you have a very unevenly bad film that is very painful to watch.