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DECK THE HALLS (Nov 2006) 
aka: ALL LIT UP.
Director: John Whitesell.
Writer: Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer.
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Dylan Blue, Kelly Aldridge, Sabrina Aldridge, Fred Armisen.
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Ferris Bueller's Slay Off.
by
Jon Dunmore © 24 Dec 2009.
DECK THE HALLS is about selfishness, envy, assault, infantile bickering and malice aforethought. That's right - it's about Christmas.
 Buddy Hall (Danny DeVito), in trying to alleviate his self-esteem issues, decides to light up his house so brightly it can be seen from space. Luckily, it's Christmas, when snideness and unbridled, irrational spending are rife in suburban middle America, so Buddy buys enough Christmas tree lights to festoon his house and piss off his anal neighbor, Steve (Matthew Broderick).
Steve used to be the "Christmas guy" in town before Buddy moved onto the block, so - being Christmas, when competitiveness and backbiting are in season - he decides to reclaim his crown by attempting to out-Christmas Buddy.
Idiot-fest ensues, involving sub-standard comedic effort put into ice-skating races, chopping down trees, dumb-hot-chick jokes, noise pollution, cross-dressing cops and crimes that would warrant jail time anywhere in the world except in a Christmas movie.
If "being seen from space" is Buddy's objective, and cost is obviously no object, why not 2000W Lycian spotlights blaring upwards, instead of 5W Christmas bulbs?
Insipid Kristin Davis (that insipid chick from SEX AND THE CITY) finds herself married to the real life husband of her pal from SEX AND THE CITY, Sarah Jessica Parker, making the reasons for her hesitancy to get intimate with Broderick quite obvious, though nicely adding to her real life sheen of insipidity.
Written by three first-time TV writers who think we're as idiotic as they are, and directed by John Whitesell (MALIBU'S MOST WANTED, 2003) like an insult to retarded people, DECK THE HALLS is one of those skin-rashing elements of Christmas that make us thankful it only comes once a year.
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DECK THE HALLS (Nov 2006)
Director: John Whitesell.
Writer: Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer.
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Dylan Blue, Kelly Aldridge, Sabrina Aldridge.
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