Deck the Halls (2006) (Deck The Halls [2006] (DVD))

Member Name: stephbond89

Product:	Deck The Halls [2006] (DVD)
Date:	12/07/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Would get you in the Christmas mood.

Disadvantages: Not a particulalry good storyline.

I know its not Christmas, and so this film really is not in season, but last night I was sitting in my living room, it was 1am, and there was nothing on TV, I wasn't tired so I thought I'd look for a film. This was the only thing that was on, and so I thought why not give it a go. It was something to watch, and so what if there are still 5 months until Christmas time comes around again!

The film stars Matthew Broderick and Danny De Vito in the main parts as Steve and Buddy.

When Buddy and his family move in opposite Steve at the most important time of the year, Christmas...the dynamics of all of Steves life completely changes. Christmas has always been Steves "holiday", he's been Mr Christmas since he can remember, he leads the carol service, and he has hundreds of traditions which the familyn follow every year, he even has his christmas trees for th next five years lined up and growing in a field!!

But when Buddy comes along with his dream to get his house seen from space this Christmas, things all start to go wrong! Buddy is a screw up, he can't stay in a job, or a house for more than a few months, always messing up and moving his family around from place to place, but this year he thinks he's found his calling. His big plan is to put so many Christmas lights on his house that it will be visable from Space. And so he gets to work putting hundreds and thousands of lights on his house!

But the lights are disrupting Steves family over the road, the constant light through his window, the constant sound coming from the house! And so Steve goes on a mission to get the lights down. But he always ends up two steps behind Buddy.

Will Buddy get his house seen from space? Will Steves status of Mr Christmas be relinquished...and will Buddy drive he and his family away from their home this Christmas!?

The film has sone funny little parts to it, some of the things that happen are pretty funny, but all in all the film isn't really very good, the storyline isn't particularly good, and is a bit boring. Its a very unbelievable story, for a start I don't really think it would be possible to get a house seen from space no matter how many lights you put on it, so that in the first place is abit of a stupid storyline, even the most dumb of people would see this as a pretty un-doable task...even Buddy...!

All in all, the film is ok to watch and I suppose at Christmas it would get you in that holiday mood, but to be honest, it's not really a very good film. And there are much better Christmas comedies out there!!! :)

Summary: I think I'd give it a miss in future.