Deck The Halls (DVD)

“The Penguin” meets “Ferris Bueller”! You’ll probably wind up by buying this delightful Christmassy DVD – even though the first half of it will possibly irritate you as much as it did me!

Slightly old-fashioned Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) lives in a quiet neighbourhood with his supportive wife Kelly (Kirstin Davis); their dawky teenage daughter Madison (Alia Shawkat); and their son, Carter (Dylan Blue)…who is obviously about to enter the Golden Age of puberty! Enter the New Neighbour from Hell in the form of Buddy Hall (Danny DeVito)! Despite his neighbourly young wife Tia (Kirstin Davis), and their two mini-skirted 9-foot daughters Ashley and Emily (Sabrina and Kelly Aldridge) – whose presence is certainly not lost on Carter – Buddy proves to be a pushy, dislikeable little car salesman who cannot settle down anywhere. His life’s ambition is to create a Christmas light display that will make his home visible from space!

Much of the screen time runs very much like a Jack Lemon & Walter Matthau comedy at its worst…but after the power has fused on Buddy’s ultimate light display: the townspeople arrive to illuminate the place with their cellphones – and Tia leads them in the singing of “O Holy Night”…

Family comedy starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick. For Cloverdale, Massachusetts optometrist Steve Finch (Broderick), no time of the year can compare to the glory of the Christmas season. And, for many years now, he's carried on a series of heartfelt but hokey Yuletide traditions that his family - wife Kelly (Kristin Davis), daughter Madison (Alia Shawkat), and son Carter (Dylan Blue) - at this point, can barely tolerate. Despite his family's exhausted protests, super-organised Steve has the December calendar chock full with everything from shooting the Finch's annual Christmas card photo, to their ritual tree harvesting and neighbourhood caroling night. There's also scheduled time for shopping, 'personal reflection,' and the town's yearly Winterfest carnival, which Steve joyously oversees. But Steve's Christmas bliss is suddenly destroyed when slippery car salesman Buddy Hall (DeVito) moves in next door and Steve finds himself going toe-to-toe with his new neighbour. Buddy quickly begins to undermine Steve's dominance as the local 'King of Christmas' when he sets out to festoon his new house with enough glowing holiday lights so it will be visible from outer space.

General

Studio:	20th Century Fox Home Ent.
Release date:	November 2007
Movie released:	2006
Actors:	Danny DeVito • Matthew Broderick • Kristin Davis • Kristin Chenoweth • Alia Shawkat • Dylan Blue • Sabrina Aldridge • Kelly Aldridge • Jorge Garcia • Fred Armisen
Contributors:	Michael Costigan • Matt Corman • Chris Ord • Don Rhymer • George S. Clinton
Directors:	John Whitesell
Dimensions:	192 x 136 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	PG
Categories:	DVD > Comedy DVD > Family DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XMU-JVF-9ME-3
Barcode:	5039036036054

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