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'Fred Claus'

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To call "Fred Claus" the cinematic equivalent of fruitcake may be too generalized a slur, unfairly taking in those who are to fruitcakes what Alice Munro is to short fiction.

This particular brand of fruitcake promises an extra kick in the presence of America's Meathead Vince Vaughn, cast in the title role of Santa Claus' older, more obscure brother, the one to whom the annoying refrain,...

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