Four Christmases 2008  PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Seth Gordon
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Tim McGraw, Dwight Yoakam, Kristin Chenoweth, Colleen Camp, Katy Mixon, Jack Donner, Jeanette Miller, Steve Wiebe
A San Francisco couple, Brad and Kate (Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), have been together for three years, but marriage and visiting their families are not in their plans. This Christmas, they are at the airport ready to leave on vacation when fog rolls in, and all planes are grounded. What do they do? They visit their respective families at four different homes. First, there is Brad's grumpy father Howard (Robert Duvall), and then it's on to Kate's WASPish mother Marilyn's home. Next, Brad's mom Paula (Sissy Spacek), who is dating Brad's boyhood friend, is visited. Finally, they drop by Kate's father Creighton's (Jon Voight) place, which turns out to be the closest to "normal." When all is said and done, Kate and Brad's "Four Christmases" prove to be more than a little unusual.
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Norbit 2007  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Mighty Rasta, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Griffin, Katt Williams, Floyd Levine, Anthony Russell, Pat Crawford Brown, Jeanette Miller, Michael Colyar, Marlon Wayans, Alexis Rhee
Orphaned as an infant, Norbit (Eddie Murphy) grew up in a Chinese restaurant/orphanage run by Mr. Wong (also Eddie Murphy) who raised him. As if his life wasn't bad enough, as an adult Norbit is bullied into a marriage to the morbidly obese and strong-willed Rasputia (also Eddie Murphy). Rasputia has taunted Norbit since they were children and now continues her efforts as a hen-pecking wife. Then, one day, Norbit is reunited with his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton), who arrives to run the orphanage. Kate is engaged to slick Deion (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and Rasputia is more than prepared to keep Kate and Norbit apart. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Makeup.
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| 1. Four Christmases (2008)
2. Norbit (2007)
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