So here's the most interesting fact that we thought we could start this article off with: depressingly awful-sounding holiday comedy Four Christmases was directed by Seth Gordon, the man behind excellent-if-not-entirely-honest documentary King of Kong. Isn't that weird? Why would that be the next thing you did? It's especially surprising when you consider that King of Kong was cleverly constructed to create a dramatic arc that many contend was never there, and yet according to Eye's Adam Nayman, Gordon can't "successfully orchestrate even the most elementary gag" in his latest film.
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