Mary Steenburgen

Stuck in a no-man’s-land between family drama, caper flick and acerbic comedy, Nobel Son stars Alan Rickman as Nobel Prize-nominated Professor Eli Michaelson. When his son, Barkley (October Road’s Bryan Greenberg), is kidnapped on the eve of his acceptance of the award, he is forced to pay $2 million in his prize winnings as ransom while stumbling into a swirling plot of deception and retribution.

In Four Christmases Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon co-star as Brad and Kate, a happily unmarried couple who’ve created their own holiday tradition of lying to their families about their Christmas plans so they can enjoy a stress free week of vacation somewhere sunny and dysfunction-free.

Don’t let The Brady Bunch fool you; divorce, remarriage and combining families is difficult. But not nearly as much as trying to find the laughs in Will Ferrell’s new film Step Brothers. If we wanted to work this hard, we’d go to the gym.