Deck the Halls
Deck the Halls is a 2006 family-comedy film set during the Christmas season in Massachusetts in which two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
- Directed by John Whitesell. Written by Matt Corman, Chris Ord, and Don Rhymer.
There glows the neighborhood.
Steve Finch
[edit]- Who moves in the middle of the night? A meth lab?
Buddy Hall
[edit]- I really want my house to be seen...from space!
Tia Hall
[edit]- This is the most clothes they have worn in years.
- [about her daughters] I pray every day for the strength to not run them over with the truck.
- Honey, the girls are having a great time showing everybody the lights. I pray to God that's the only thing they're showing.
Dialogue
[edit]- Ted: Buddy! Hey, you ready to sell some cars?
- Buddy: Me? I'm a born cars salesman. But I was thinking today, maybe I would just ease into it and get a feeling for the place.
- Mrs. Ryor: [receiving an eye exam from Dr. Finch] I don't need glasses!
- Steve: You need binoculars. We're settling for glasses.
- Bob Murray: Alright, listen up you guys, we just got in a new shipment of Aspens, and I want you to sell three for me by lunchtime.
- Ted: What are you kidding?
- Tia: I used to do a bit of modeling, mainly for college classes... that's how I met Buddy.
- Kelly: Oh, was he a professor?
- Tia: No, he was the one they caught peeping in the windows.
- Reporter: Now the folks at MyEarth have been monitoring the situation. Guys, thanks so much for spending your holiday plans with us.
- Amit Sayid: Oh no, it's no trouble at all. Actually, it's funny. Basil's mom just stopped by with a basket of biscuits so we're all just having a laugh.
- Kelly: I'm gonna go stay at the motel with Tia and the twins.
- Steve: Oh, c'mon, Kelly, don't do that. [referring to Buddy] Don't let that-that jerk ruin our Christmas.
- Kelly: The only jerk ruining Christmas around here is you!
- Steve: Me?
- Kelly: Yeah.
- Steve: Me? I'm trying to save Christmas.
- Kelly: Really? What was your favorite Christmas memory?
- Steve: You know what it is. I was 7 years old, my dad and I moved to Alabama... and Christmas morning, we sat on the floor, ate French fries and drank chocolate milk.
- Kelly: Yeah, exactly! It wasn't planned, It wasn't organized, nobody had to enter it into their Blackberry, it just happened.
- Steve: But our family is so busy. We have to plan things out.
- Kelly: No, you! You are the busy one! You said this year our kids needed Christmas more than ever? No, what they need more than ever is you.
Taglines
[edit]- There glows the neighborhood
- The battle of the bulbs begins November 22.
- This Christmas when the lights go on . . . the gloves come off
- The brightest holiday comedy of the year! (DVD)
Cast
[edit]- Danny DeVito - Buddy Hall
- Matthew Broderick - Steve Finch
- Kristin Chenoweth - Tia Hall
- Kristin Davis - Kelly Finch
- Alia Shawkat - Madison Finch
- Dylan Blue - Carter Finch
- Sabrina Aldridge - Ashley Hall
- Kelly Aldridge - Emily Hall
- Josh Hayden - Ben Hall
- Jorge Garcia - Wallace
- Jackie Burroughs - Mrs. Ryor
- Fred Armisen - Gustave
- Gillian Vigman - Gerta
- Jill Krop - Herself
- SuChin Pak - Herself
- Shannon Ostrom - Bystander
- Vu Huynh - Kid Next Door
- Kal Penn - Amit Sayid
- Sean O'Bryan - Mayor Young
- Garry Chalk - Sheriff Dave
- Nicola Peltz - Mackenzie
- Cory Monteith - Madison's Date
External links
[edit]
- Deck the Halls quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Deck the Halls at Allmovie
- Deck the Halls at Rotten Tomatoes