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Anywhere But Home

His father, her mother, his mother and her father all in one day.

A young unmarried couple both come from broken homes and each parent has remarried and can't stand the other. Consequently, the lovers lie to their parents every Christmas, and head off for a vacation in peace. However this year, the airport is fogbound, and they are interviewed on television. Their parents see them and insist that they come over for Christmas. Reluctantly, they do... and what happens at those four homes leaves their relationship in tatters. The film was released as ''Four Christmases'' in the USA.

88 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language, Sex)
Comedy, Drama, Romance.

Credits

Cast

Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakum, TIm McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth

Director

Seth Gordon

Screenplay

Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Music

Alex Wurman

Cinematography

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Editing

Mark Helfrich, Melissa Kent

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Bimbaum/Barber, New Line Cinema, Ott Medien, Spyglass Entertainment, Type A Films, Wild West Picture Show Productions

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Comedy
Language	Moderate strength, occasional
Nudity	None
Sex	Sexual innuendo and one implied sex scene
Violence	Moderately implied comedic violence
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Although this movie could be for family viewing, it has some mature areas and it is necessary for adult accompaniment for viewers under 13.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith

Die BurgerMariana Malan

Cape TimesChris Kaltenbach

iAfrica.comNils van der Linden 'Anywhere But Home' is a bit of a turkey.

Sunday TimesBarry Ronge

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson About as appetizing as four consecutive helpings of Jell-O salad

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli A waste of time and a disappointment, but it's also relatively painless. Some of the jokes work, there are some laughs to be had and, if it all falls apart in the final third, it's over soon enough that such a major structural fault is easily overlooked.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Annoying rather than funny, but also wasting a great deal of talent.

Metacritic.com27 critics

RottenTomatoes.com134 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Despite a strong cast, this sour holiday comedy suffers from a hackneyed script.

Internet (IMDB)5710 Netizens Save your money.

Average .. 38%

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