Aside from that, though, "Fred Claus" is stingy with ho-ho-ho's and has so many subplots that the film ends up resembling Santa on Christmas night -- that is to say, it's all over the map.

Fred Claus is rated PG for mild language and some rude humor. At one point, Santa says his workshop is “going down the crapper”—that’s about as bad as the language gets.

For "Fred Claus," Vaughn reunites with his "Wedding Crashers" director David Dobkin, and when they riff on sibling rivalries and relationships the movie works.

Vaughn stars as the bitter Fred Claus, who’s spent a lifetime seething in the shadow of his loving, generous younger brother, Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), better known as Santa.

Giamatti has starred in two holiday movies: 'The Holdovers' and 2007's 'Fred Claus' Araya Doheny/Getty For Paul Giamatti, Christmas just isn't Christmas without a good panettone. In a December ...

Fred Claus is the latest Hollywood attempt to mix the season of goodwill with family comedy. Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti star in the seasonal romp about a sibling rivalry in the Claus family ...

Fred Claus has debuted at the top of the UK box office chart, knocking American Gangster off the number one spot. There was a new entry in the top ten this week for Hitman, going straight in at ...