Four Christmases

• Comedy
• Romance
• Drama

Brad and Kate, a San Francisco power couple meticulously dedicated to crafting plausible alibis to escape annual family visits, find their carefully constructed holiday avoidance plan spectacularly unravelled when a blizzard grounds all flights on Christmas Eve. Forced into a whirlwind tour of all four of their divorced parents’ homes in a single day, the film thrives on the escalating chaos and hilariously awkward encounters with eccentric relatives – a stark contrast to the idealized holiday narratives typically depicted. The comedic tension isn’t simply derived from dysfunctional families, but from the simmering anxieties about commitment and the couples' differing approaches to connection, revealed through the relentless pressure and probing questions of their pasts. It’s a surprisingly relatable exploration of the compromises inherent in long-term relationships, wrapped in a fast-paced, festive package that finds humor in the messy reality of family and the difficulty of maintaining a curated public persona.