abrown975 Review of Fred Claus

Fred Claus (2007)

It's not a masterpiece, but it's certainly not bad

[7/10 · 15 August 2010]

This film is, to put it simply, a "Seen it once and it was okay" kind of movie. Honestly, this movie isn't bad at all. It's not great, but it isn't bad. The cast was full of stars, which was a good start. The acting was satisfying, considering that a lot of the characters didn't have a lot of inspiration to go on. The humor, which was the main thing I was worried about when I first saw the movie, was better than I expected. I will say that all of the sound effects (the cheesy ones from old Scooby-Doo cartoons) got really annoying after a while. In fact, I would have just gotten rid of them if I were in charge. But other than that, the humor wasn't bad at all. I laughed a lot, and I had the impression that since it was supposed to be a kid's movie it would be "fart-fart here and a fart-fart there, E-I-E-I-Oh great, another fart," but I was pleasantly surprised. But the thing I liked most about this movie is the message it gives. It just gives off that whole "Family at Christmastime" message that many people need to be reminded sometimes. Now, there are a lot of corny jokes that seemed to irk me a lot, sometimes the plot can get kind of silly (and that's saying something since this is a movie about Santa Claus and his family), and like I said before, the cheesy cartoon-ish sound effects get very irritating after a while. But other than that, there honestly wasn't a time that I got bored when watching this. Over all, this isn't a bad movie. It's not great, but it's not bad. My opinion is it's a good movie to rent someday for a family movie night.