Description :
DECK THE HALLS is a family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy,
clashing neighbors, home decoration...and the true spirit of the holidays. For
Cloverdale, Massachusetts optometrist Steve Finch (MATTHEW 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-organized Steve has the December calendar
chock full with everything from shooting the Finch's annual Christmas card photo,
to their ritual tree harvesting and neighborhood 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 (DANNY DeVITO)
moves in next door and Steve finds himself going toe-to-toe with his new neighbor.
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. We're talking a lot of
lights, here! But why stop at lights? Motivated by the celebrity he's achieving
with his dazzling, megawatt decorations, Buddy adds a live manger scene complete
with donkeys, cows, sheep, and an imported camel, while continuing to wreak
havoc on an infuriated Steve in a host of creatively twisted ways. Though Steve
is in meltdown mode over Buddy's holiday shenanigans (never mind that Buddy's
tapping into the Finches' electricity to power his décor!), wife Kelly
has bonded with Buddy's brassy better-half Tia (KRISTIN CHENOWETH), while Madison
has buddied up to the Halls' sexy, dim-bulb twin daughters Ashley and Emily
(SABRINA & KELLY ALDRIDGE), who light up the life of younger Carter as well.
Kelly and Tia and the kids become increasingly impatient, though, with Steve
and Buddy's escalating rivalry and eventually threaten to pull the plug on the
guys' entire Christmas season. Can Steve and Buddy declare a ceasefire before
the holidays are ruined altogether, or will they continue their one-upsmanship
until personal victory is achieved? In Deck the Halls, ‘tis the season
where just about anything is possible.
- Cast : Matthew Broderick, Danny De Vito,
Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat
- Studio/Banner : Excel
- Format : DVD
- Language : English
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