Make him stop. MAKE HIM STOP!

Rating: 3/10 (15 November 2003)

Okay, I realize that this is just a comedy, but it is VERY uncomfortable to sit and watch a grown man continually act infantile over the course of ninety minutes. I ended up feeling as uncomfortable as the characters in the movie seeing him play with toys, gorge on a 100% sugar-laden diet, and wearing that irksome costume. I went in with an open mind, and am normally very forgiving of movies that aren't necessarily my type, but this just made me squirm in my seat in a way few recent movies have. I know the critics did not like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" three years ago. To me, this was worse. This movie was redeemed by Zooey D. and Ed Asner's great Santa performance, but that's it. Farrell, I wanted to smack, and I liked him on SNL. Consider yourselves warned.