Season 1 · Episode 15 ·
Deck the Halls
The One Where Matthew Broderick Catcalls His Daughter
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 6%
- Budget
- $51 million
- Box office
- $47.2 million
Rotten Tomatoes score via Wikidata. Budget and box office via TMDB.
About the episode
This week on The Worst Movie Podcast, Ade and Aaron unwrap Deck the Halls (2006) — the holiday comedy that tries to bottle Christmas spirit and instead dumps out seasonal misery. Matthew Broderick plays a joyless optometrist who’s obsessed with Christmas, while Danny DeVito shows up as a restless salesman who decides that turning his house into a space-visible light beacon is the key to existential fulfillment.
So grab your hot cocoa, and join the guys as they break down mustachioed stunt doubles, ice-skating duels, and a sheriff’s provocative choice of underwear. Because if Deck the Halls taught us anything, it’s that even the brightest lights can’t save a holiday movie this dim.
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About the movie
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
- Director
- John Whitesell
- Starring
- Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Fred Armisen
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
Movie details via TMDB.
