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Surviving Christmas
Directed by
Mike Mitchell
PG-13
2004
1h 31m
Comedy
,
Romance
5.5
8%
30%
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A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.
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Cast of Surviving Christmas
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 Vanglider
Udo Kier
Heinrich
David Selby
Horace Vanglider
Stephanie Faracy
Letitia Vanglider
Stephen Root
Dr. Freeman
Sy Richardson
Doo-Dah Understudy
Tangie Ambrose
Kathryn
John 'B.J.' Bryant
Cabbie
Peter Jason
Suit
Phill Lewis
Levine the Lawyer
Tumbleweed
Santa
Kate Hendrickson
Santa's Photographer
Bridgette Ho
Five Year Old
Hailey Noelle Johnson
Little Girl
Sean Marquette
Older Brother
Caitlin Fein
Freeman Twin
Amanda Fein
Freeman Twin
Kent Osborne
Marley
Bill Saito
Christmas Past
Mike Bell
Christmas Present
Amy Halloran
Fanny
Josh Siegel
Young Scrooge
K. Troy Zestos
Chad
Sonya Eddy
Security Lady
Smalls
Security Man
Ron Karabatsos
Deli Man
Wynn Irwin
Customer
Angela Gacad
Cute Girl at Play
Tom Kenny
Man Wrapping Gift
Joan Blair
Lonely Lady
John Carter Brown
Depressed Donator
William Thomas, Jr.
Choir Director
Karen Furno
Choir
Melanie Taylor
Choir
David Atkinson
Choir
Linda Kerns
Choir
Precious McCall
Choir
Reynaldo Duran
Choir
Cynthia Marty
Choir
Anika Noni Rose
Choir
Michael Kosik
Choir
Jon Simanton
Elf
Allison Queal
Elf
Kacie Borrowman
Elf
Surviving Christmas Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
You'll be lucky if you survive this dumb movie.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Pique on earth and ill will toward men permeate this mirthless comedy.
Associated Press
David Germain
The movie is dead from the outset given the artificiality of the premise about a lonely rich guy who hires the folks living in his boyhood home to be his family for the holidays.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
If one were to dwell on the logic of the story, the film would crumble.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
anything, all it proved was the accuracy of one of the words in the title, for surviving this movie is far and away the biggest test a person could face.
Seattle Times
Erik Lundegaard
There's a lot to not buy in Surviving Christmas. I recommend not buying.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Maybe the worst thing that can be said for Surviving Christmas is that it doesn't succeed even on its humble level of aspiration.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Not since Scrooge got a look at Christmas future have the holidays seemed so shudderingly depressing.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Is it just me, or does anyone else think it odd Dreamworks is releasing a Christmas movie before Halloween?
Detroit News
Tom Long
Major stinker. We're talking hold your nose as you walk past the theater.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
Though introduced as a dark comedy, the movie quickly resorts to forced Hollywood humbuggery.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
The surprisingly effective bleak humor earned scene by scene in Surviving Christmas reveals the proper formula that Affleck abandoned after Good Will Hunting.
CNN.com
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
It's just in time for Halloween, and it is a scary movie. Unfortunately it's supposed to be a comedy.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Surviving Christmas is exactly what's wrong with Hollywood
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
This latest movie is absolutely awesome in its relentless mediocrity.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Director Mike Mitchell never finds a tone or attitude that will transform these misanthropic characters into comedy.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Some screwball moments elicit a chuckle or two, but the script is weak and the characterizations clichd.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
The film is well cast, with James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman and Christina Applegate as Drew's rented family, but they're wasted on subpar material.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
This is a dump job worthy of Tony Soprano.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The woozy, sinking sensation this Christmas comedy produces suggests a movie slapped together after the consumption of far too many gallons of spiked eggnog.
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