During childhood, Fred Claus suffered his younger brother Nick's saintliness. Jump ahead: Fred is a fast-talking, genial but self-centered guy in Chicago looking for $50,000 to open an off-track-betting shop. When one scam goes awry, he calls Nick at the North Pole for a loan: Nick will give him the money only if Fred comes up to help a few days with the Christmas rush. After his girlfriend dumps him, Fred heads north. Santa's facing an audit from an efficiency expert, and it... (Full plot summary below)
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During childhood, Fred Claus suffered his younger brother Nick's saintliness. Jump ahead: Fred is a fast-talking, genial but self-centered guy in Chicago looking for $50,000 to open an off-track-betting shop. When one scam goes awry, he calls Nick at the North Pole for a loan: Nick will give him the money only if Fred comes up to help a few days with the Christmas rush. After his girlfriend dumps him, Fred heads north. Santa's facing an audit from an efficiency expert, and it's not pleasant. Fred's job is to review charts and determine who's naughty and who's nice. Is there any fraternal feeling left, can either learn from the other, and what about Santa getting fired?
Leave your thoughts about Fred Claus.
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekBy trying to be both naughty and nice, it exhibits a split personality...the mixture of the jaded and the juvenile just doesn't gel. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceAn engaging idea gets mostly lost amid underdeveloped characters, a pointless subplot and creepy CGI. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The film is a disaster, with an ending that is exactly the kind of schmaltz Vaughn usually makes fun of. |
| Entertainment SpectrumVince KoehlerA true Christmas classic to take the whole family to and enjoy. Put up your tree in anticipation of this film and get in the spirit, because this film will definitely cause you too. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A] silly flick that's just a little bit profound in its goofiness, [a] wonderland of schtick that touches on the dark flipside of all the ho-ho-ho and enforced jolliment of the Holiday Season(TM). |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonA great cast fights a losing battle against moldy Christmas movie material in the holiday comedy Fred Claus. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesLike so many secular, big-studio Christmas comedies, this isn't naughty enough to be funny or nice enough to be uplifting. |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda CookHo-ho-ho-hum...here's the annual average holiday "family" film. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisFred Claus sells you something you didn't know you wanted: a Vince Vaughn Christmas movie. Vaughn is not the hook. Neither is the holiday. The script, by Dan Fogelman, is smarter than that. |
| E! OnlineChris FarnsworthIt's more like a holiday fruitcake: a lot of different chunks of stuff -- some bitter, some sweet, some awful -- half-baked and sent to people low on the Christmas list. |
