During childhood, Fred Claus suffered his younger brother Nick's saintliness. Jump ahead: Fred is a fast-talking, genial but self-centered guy in Chicago looking for $50,000 to open an off-track ...

Regarding that tall order Santa Claus is tasked with each year… no one feels the brunt of it more than Giamatti’s version in “Fred Claus,” which sees an ailing Father Christmas dependent ...