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Fred Claus (2007) -- Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole.

Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   9,546 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Dan Fogelman (screenplay)
Jessie Nelson (story) ...
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Release Date:
9 November 2007 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Santa's brother is coming to town. more
Plot:
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole. full summary | full synopsis
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(83 articles)
User Reviews:
Every Child Deserves a Christmas Gift more (98 total)
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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]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and some rude humor.
Runtime:
116 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Release prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Brotherly Love". more
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Revealing mistakes: The background in the scene where Nick gets a present from Fred is clearly fake. more
Quotes:
DJ Donnie: I'm from the south side of the north pole man. more
Movie Connections:
References "Supernanny" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Santa Claus Is Back in Town more

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18 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
Every Child Deserves a Christmas Gift, 24 December 2008
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Santa Claus' older brother Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) was raised in the shadow of his famous brother and has issues with his mother (Kathy Bates). In Chicago, near Christmas, Fred asks for money on the streets trying to raise fifty thousand dollars to open a betting shop. However, many legalized Salvation Army Santa Claus chase him and Fred is arrested and sent to jail. He calls his brother Nick Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) in the North Pole that accepts to pay his bail of five thousand dollars and proposes to lend the amount Fred needs provided he comes to the North Pole to help him in his factory. Meanwhile the mean efficiency expert Clyde Northcut (Kevin Spacey) arrives in the North Pole with the intention of finding three non-conformities in the audit of the manufacturing process and shut-down the facility. When Fred is assigned to work in the Naughty-Nice Department, the troubles of Nick begin.

I do not recall the last time I have seen such entertaining Christmas movie. "Fred Claus" is funny and has many hilarious moments (my favorite is the siblings-anonymous, with Frank Stallone, Roger Clinton and Stephen Baldwyn among others that resemble Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and other famous people). The message that there is no naughty child and consequently every child deserves a Christmas gift is great. The cast leaded by Vince Vaughn is fantastic and I really loved this movie. I wish Merry Christmas to all IMDb movie and TV lovers and staff. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Titio Noel" ("Uncle Claus")

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