Four Christmases Page #5

Synopsis: Brad and Kate have been together three years, in love, having fun, doing all sorts of things together with no intention of marriage or children. Christmas morning, they're on their way to Fiji, having told their two sets of divorced parents that they're off to do charity work. Through a fluke, they have no choice but to visit each of their four idiosyncratic parents. As the day progresses, Brad and Kate remember growing up, each learns more about the other, and Kate realizes that her life may not be as good as it could be. Do they know each other well enough to weather the storms families bring?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Seth Gordon
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
PG-13
Year:
2008
88 min
£120,100,000
Website
3,209 Views


cage fighters.

Like one person comes out,

one doesn't.

A cock fighting

but with dudes.

-Said they're personal trainers.

-They're dude cock fighters.

Like what you see on the PPV.

Exactly. Except they don't

actually get paid for it.

They brawl

in people's backyards...

...and they upload

the footage to YouTube.

Honey, my childhood was just

like "Shawshank Redemption".

Except I didn't have some kind,

older, soft spoken black man...

...to share my struggle with.

But you're not

that child anymore, okay?

You're a grown, strong,

confident, successful man.

I don't want to get into this.

Brad, just know the truth.

They're intimidated by you.

What you need to do

is go out there...

...and set some

boundaries...

...and demand that

they respect you. You know?

Hey, big city, come to

open up some presents!

-Come on, we gotta go!

-This is your opportunity.

You can do this, baby.

Right, right.

Okay, gentlemen.

Can we take it down

a notch, please?

I'm not a kid, you can't

talk to me like that.

We're adults.

Understand?

I'm a grown man

with hair on my chest, right?

There's gonna be certain

boundaries between us.

They might be invisible.

I know you won't see them...

...but you'll be able to respect

the fact that they're there.

These boundaries

are not to be crossed.

And if they're crossed, there's

gonna be real consequences.

Thank you.

Welcome back, stud!

Don't!

Stop!

Stop it!

Come on, can I go in?

No, you boys could get hurt.

Come in!

-Come on!

-Take us in!

-Go!

-Yes!

Get it!

Google me, b*tch!

What?

Google. You might wanna

look me up sometime, Barbara!

No! Dad!

Stop!

Let's open the presents...

...so Orlando can get

to his other Christmases.

Let's do it.

Baby.

It's me. It's me.

Are you okay?

Did you break anything?

I am so proud of you.

Orlando, just go to the tree.

Gosh, wasn't it so

hard to find gifts...

...under the 10 dollar cap?

The first gift is to Connor.

-The 10 dollar what?

-10 dollar spending cap.

Uncle Brad and his special

friend Kate, maybe...

Brad?

I'll be your nice uncle...

...after you see what I got you.

Open it up.

-Brad?

-Yeah.

What?

X-Box. This is awesome.

Top shelf for you, pal.

It's got the triple core

processor, the whole deal.

It's a 10 dollar

spending cap.

How did you find

an X-Box for under 10 dollars?

Someone's trying to show off

how much money he makes.

His family

didn't tell him...

...there's a 10 dollar

spending cap.

Or maybe if you came home

you'd know crap like that.

Can we try

to stay positive here?

What's the problem? We're

trying to give some gifts.

It's Christmas. Let's keep

the momentum going.

The next gift is to Cody.

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Matt Allen

Matt Allen (born October 23, 1977) is a former American football punter in the NFL who played for the New York Giants. He played college football at Troy State. more…

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