i saw this in the theator and liked it i will be geting the dvd

who elce liked it?

if you did not like it why?

I'll be getting this DVD. It'll be weird watching it on newly released DVD after the seeing it in the theater a year ago.

I guess some of us have forgotten Jurassic Park 2. Didn't see Vince play that role. Don't limit an actor becuase you saw him in let say two movies ( Swingers and Wedding crashers) It's like saying Harisson Ford always plays the rebellious hero...see mosquito island.

Worst Nightmare wrote: Wouldn't mind seeing this although Vince Vaughn always seems to play the same character....

You mean the "mid 30's, immature, life of the party guy that hangs out with under age girls and is drunk most of the time" character.

Nothing weird about the timeframe as far as I'm concerned.  As others have said, who really wants to buy a Christmas movie in the middle of the year?  I certainly wouldn't.  Another exception to the rule though was "Bad Santa" which I believe was released during the summer months.  As for "Fred Claus", I saw it in the theater last November.  Wasn't bad.  Wasn't great either for that matter but I'll probably pick it up to watch with the family.

brotherQuay wrote: lee09 wrote: this took a LONG time for a release! I remember this from way back.

Considering that most films get rushed treatments on DVD/Blu-ray this took a rather long time.

That's par for the course for holiday movies, studios feel it will sell better if they release the DVD around the holidays, even if that means waiting a whole year to put the DVD out.

Who wants to buy a Christmas themed movie in March?

I believe there's at least one recent exception to that rule: Surviving Christmas was released theatrically on October 22, 2004 and landed on video a mere two months later on December 21st...granted that was an utterly abysmal film, many times worse than both Deck the Halls and Christmas With the Kranks combined. That garbage actually sucked the Christmas spirit right out of me that year. It took several days to recover from that tragedy...Seriously, I bet you all forgot that movie even existed until I mentioned it....

BTW, as far as I'm concerned Fred Claus may be worth a rent, but if there's one Christmas-themed film I'm getting this year, it's gonna be Elf, because I just read that it's coming to BD on October 28th.Sweet!

"You sit on a throne of lies!"

I always find it weird when they wait until next Xmas to release it.

Version 1 wrote: I dont get with X-Mas movies,They come out in december and then they dont come out on DVD tille November,I understand the Christmas season,I just think its stupid! (Santa Clause 2,Santa Clause 3,Unnacompined Minors,and Elf)!

But anyway,I will be watching this,missed it in thaters!!!

I know that is pretty stupid. But they didn't release Unnacompanied Minors until August of last year. But anyways, yes that is stupid. Will check Fred Claus out for sure.

this movie looked really good.. will buy the dvd for sure!!!!

Hmm... gee I would have NEVER guessed it came out close to Christmas. (Sarcasm). Not to bash on the film but the extras are light. Warners Bros. you do the same c**p every year. Little to no extras but yet widescreen and full screen. Despite the release and extras I will check out the film.

I almost forgot about this movie completely.

Horrible cover art.

May rent from the Redbox, as I don't know if I'd offer this film anything more than $1.

it was entertaining, a nice 'anti-typical' christmas movie but I didn't enjoy it as much as say, Elf, when I first saw that.

I'm not sure if I'd drop $30 on a BRD copy of  it though, maybe I'll just wait and get it cheap.