Very well executed

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space. Deck The Halls is not just a bad Christmas film but it's also a pretty bad film in every way that you can imagine and although the acting by Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick isn't bad the film is just not serious and you can take it seriously at all and here's why: Number 1 is the whole plot itself which is just awful i mean 2 neighbors go against each other for multiple dumb reasons and one of them wants to decorate his house with Christmas lights so he can see it from space? That is literally the worst plot for a film ever, also the marriage between DeVito and Chenoweth wasn't even for a second a bit believable or even that he has 2 beautiful twin daughters. This movie wasted both my time and money since i had to rent it just because it's Christmas but it was an overall disappointment and i'm gonna give it an 3/10

If there was a Christmas themed film that failed to deliver any entertainment as completely as this one, I would like to know what it was.I only watched it because I was unable to go somewhere else to see something on TV, and was pretty much stuck where I was.I like Danny De Vito but he seemed to be wishing he were in some other movie here. I like Matthew Broderick but his character is kind of colorless. These actors were wasted in the movie and it is a shame. The other actors were lacking in appeal. I could not understand why any parent would think that maxing out his credit cards to do something as inane as decorating a house so brightly that it could be seen from space, at a time when he was fired from his job, would consider this a positive goal. Maybe he is just nuts. It was not a funny film in spite of or because of this theme.Just bad.

Deck the Halls does not put you in the Christmas Spirit at all! Since it's close to Christmas, I'm going to be reviewing Christmas movies, my last review was on Christmas with the Kranks, check it out if you haven't already! So anyways, like I said, this film does everything but put you in the Christmas spirit. I went in with pretty low expectations because of the critic reviews, I got exactly what I expected, crap. This movie tries so hard to funny, but it just fails and falls completely flat. I usually like Matthew Broderick, but not in this film, no one could have saved this disaster! Not Mathew Broderick, Danny DeVito, or Kristen Chenoweth. I love Kristen Chenoweth, she's one of my favorites. She wasn't awful here, she had funny mildly funny/amusing lines. But Danny and Matthew were just painful to watch in this movie. The performances were bad, the plot was dumb and generic, the script was lacking big time, and it was boring as all get out! It's too late for me, save yourself!! Avoid Deck the halls this Christmas at all costs, I'll review some Christmas movies as Christmas gets closer that are worth your time. 1/10 for deck the halls.

The premise of this movie basically is that a man who is "The Christmas Guy" has a new neighbour who intends to have his house seen from space (why???) by putting up as much Christmas lights as possible, the Christmas guy doesn't want this guy to take over his role and he tries to sabotage it. Whilst also getting into disastrous and awkward situations that really aren't funny. I won't go into detail though.However the ending though is one I can see coming from miles away. Devito's character knows that Broderick's character is sabotaging his Christmas lights and eventually they resolve everything. However they resolve it I don't care. It wasn't particularly memorable. None of the characters were likable.Nothing out of this movie is particularly memorable or any good.