Episode #714: Fred Claus
Added 2023-12-26 05:00:03 +0000 UTC“What I don’t understand, is how he does not have a guest room for people to come visit him!” - Chris on Santa’s accommodations
On our final episode of 2023, we’re racing toward New Year’s to get away from the exhausting ghost of Christmas Movies Past that is, Fred Claus! Why did they have Rachel Weisz’s character be a traffic cop? Is Vince’s character seriously trying to open a brand-new OTB in 2007? How did we let a fun Giamatti Santa performance get lost in this dreck? And how unsettling did these elf special effects need to be, my god?! PLUS: How many times does this movie rip off Elf? Try to keep track!
Fred Claus stars Vince Vaughn, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Trevor Peacock, Ludacris, Jeremy Swift, Kevin Spacey, and Paul Giamatti as Nick ‘Santa’ Claus; directed by David Dobkin.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
This was a great episode but then I pissed myself off by coming up with like 3 better premises for a Fred Claus movie and having no one to pitch them to.
HockeenightsCT
2024-01-01 23:38:17 +0000 UTC$100 million? Surely this movie was some kind of tax/money laundering scheme?
Craig
2023-12-29 05:42:22 +0000 UTCI caught and appreciated Steve's quick Wrongfully Accused reference
Vicky I
2023-12-28 21:07:03 +0000 UTCI've heard good things about his performance in Brawl in Cell Block 99, which I've been meaning to check out for quite some time
Z
2023-12-28 19:52:06 +0000 UTCI could of gone with Vaughn and Giamatti needing to hitchhike like in Dutch with a couple of sex workers. Giamatti falls asleep and drools on one of their boobs.
Darryl Bowen
2023-12-27 03:39:48 +0000 UTCI'm so glad this movie got a episode.
Mark D Myers
2023-12-27 01:08:55 +0000 UTCY'all were on fire this episode. The 9-11 naughty list kid bit gave me a near spit take.
Dominic Kovell
2023-12-27 00:48:16 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/WqPePWyduxQ?si=SOU4iMWXrRwRN5pS
Ryan Horn
2023-12-26 22:56:16 +0000 UTCIs this Vince Vaughns first appearance?
Les Whinen
2023-12-26 21:05:12 +0000 UTCSausage Clause was missed with all this Chicago talk
Matthew Kennedy
2023-12-26 20:34:47 +0000 UTCTough watch, thank god I get a reward
Jamie
2023-12-26 18:45:44 +0000 UTC🤘!!!
Matt Doenges
2023-12-26 18:04:43 +0000 UTCInspired work from Cabin here. Gripping.
Infinite Terror
2023-12-26 17:46:27 +0000 UTCEric taking a shot at a suicide joke, framed around a show he's never seen, but thinks he got the gist of? That's good hustle!
MarkNM
2023-12-26 16:37:12 +0000 UTCIs it just me or did Vince Vaughn quickly wear out his welcome. I remember loving Swingers when it came out and then after I just didn't like him. Dodgeball was only funny because of Ben Stiller.
John Locke
2023-12-26 16:25:35 +0000 UTCPaul Giamatti's father was president of Yale (which sucks, but still) and Commissioner of Major League Baseball. I cannot imagine him in the vicinity of Vince Vaughn.
Adam Lewis
2023-12-26 15:35:59 +0000 UTCFrank Underwood on Tucker Carlson this year lol
Jacobi Smith
2023-12-26 15:01:04 +0000 UTCThe bit where Fred teaches Willie to dance! 🥴🥴🥴
Leesha Olivier
2023-12-26 12:54:00 +0000 UTCKevin Spacey DID do another Christmas video this year…..with Tucker Carlson. No joke
RJ Cunningham
2023-12-26 10:12:30 +0000 UTCIf they were aiming for the saint angle then St Nicholas should've been Greek and I sure as as shit don't see any gyro filled Giamatti
Eren Keskin
2023-12-26 08:55:30 +0000 UTCLady Ballers take-down around the 50 minute mark. :)
Geoff Gershon
2023-12-26 07:22:41 +0000 UTCSaving the best for last, it is a Festivus miracle!
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2023-12-26 05:05:28 +0000 UTCNice!! Excited for this one!
Billy Jay
2023-12-26 05:03:50 +0000 UTC
