Filled with forced yuletide cheer and mixed messages about the true meaning of Christmas, this loud and obnoxious holiday comedy boasts a fine cast and little else. Optometrist Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) is known around his perfectly Rockwellian, exclusively Christian small town of Cloverdale, Massachusetts, as the "Christmas Guy," and it's a job he takes seriously: Steve not only oversees Cloverdale's annual Winterfest carnival, but he's also the town's go-to guy for questions regarding his favorite holiday. Around the Finch household, December 1 means the annual reappearance of Steve's quaint Christmas calendar and the commencement of a strictly regimented sho...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG
Length:
n/a