Fred Claus (2007)

Directed by

David Dobkin

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 926 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Fred Claus is Santa's older brother. He has always lived in his sibling's shadow. The film shows Fred trying to help out at the North Pole.

lightheartedwhimsicalsentimentalpredictablefamily-friendlycomedicfestive

What happens

Fred Claus is a 2007 American Christmas comedy film directed by David Dobkin, written by Dan Fogelman from a story by Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Trevor Peacock, Ludacris, and Kevin Spacey. It is loosely based on the poem "A legend of Santa and his brother Fred" written by Donald Henkel. The film was first announced in October 2005 with Mike Mitchell attached to direct. The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2007, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $97.8 million worldwide against the production budget of $100 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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