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Deck the Halls Review

Movies.com Critics

2.5

Dave White Profile

OK, yes, I laughed. Read full review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    28

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  • 20

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

    The sheer nastiness of the jealous one-upmanship and angry sabotage puts a damper on the yuletide comedy. You're much better off watching a DVD of "Bad Santa."

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  • 30

    out of 100

    Variety Brian Lowry

    A lifeless, workmanlike comedy conceived to provide holiday shoppers an inoffensive respite from the mall.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times

    Like a fatally snarled string of Christmas lights, Deck the Halls promises holiday cheer but delivers only frustration.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    Mr. Broderick and Mr. DeVito look tired and out of sorts, and you can hardly blame them, given the picture's inept, curdled mixture of sappiness and crude humor.

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  • 42

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    In this year's lump of coal, Matthew Broderick is the control freak who lives for toasty yuletide cheer, and Danny DeVito is the vulgar pest who wants his holiday lights seen from space. The dueling-neighbor crankfest is blah.

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Fan Reviews provided by

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Deck me in the balls by Naked_movie_goer
I would rather get "decked in the balls" than see deck the halls.

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by LTandZ

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by MasterShakeTre4

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by Mony1980

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by BubblePopper

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Deck the Halls by nana04
I thought it was fantastic! My whole family liked it.

4

Deck the Halls by movie_fanatic
The lights to me were the best part of the movie. just seemed as though it could have been funnier. There were parts that I found boring and found myself thinking about other things!

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