Surviving Christmas (2004)

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4.5	Rating (182 ratings)
5.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Mike Mitchell

Starring (View all)

Ben Affleck
Drew Latham

James Gandolfini
Tom Valco

Christina Applegate
Alicia Valco

Catherine O'Hara
Christine Valco

Josh Zuckerman
Brian Valco

Bill Macy
Doo-Dah

Jennifer Morrison
Missy Vangilder

Udo Kier
Heinrich

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Deborah Kaplan
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Harry Elfont
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Reviews

Surviving this Movie is a Challenge...

14 years, 10 months ago at Dec 13 7:15

PvtCaboose91

2 votes

"Yuletide's a bitch, ain't it?"

Creating an enjoyable Christmas comedy must be one of the most difficult things to achieve in Hollywood, because the late-year appearance of a good one in cinemas is about as rare as a White Christmas in Australia. 2004's Surviving Christmas is another such failed endeavour. The release date was closer to Halloween than Christmas, which gives one indi... read more

A bad movie

13 years, 6 months ago at Apr 16 11:52

johanlefourbe

2 votes

Obviously, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but I still wanted to check it out. Honestly, I thought it was not as bad as I expected but, of course, it was still rather lame. Back in those days, Ben Affleck was pretty much in a dark place, all his movies were either commcercial or critical flops (usually both) and the guy was considered by many as the worst actor in the world. Personally,... read more

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A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

Release date: 22 October 2004
UPC: 678149195224

Tags: Comedy (7), Christmas (5), 2004 (5), 2000s (4), Holiday (3), (3), Romance (2), Box Office Flop (2), Family (2), Ben Affleck (2), Chicago Illinois (1), Childhood Home (1), New Automobile (1), Advertising Executive (1), Suicidal (1), Amateur Theater (1), Snowball Fight (1), Bracelet (1), Contract (1), Critically Bashed (1)

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"I think I saw this around the time it came out but don't remember much about it. Affleck and Gandolfini in a fun holiday romp sounds good to me. Thinking this will be more of a guilty pleasure, and will probably only break it out when I've seen everything else in my Christmas collection."