Surviving Christmas

Name: Surviving Christmas
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: October 22, 2004
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 19
Cast: Ben Affleck, Catherine O'Hara, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini

2004

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Overwhelming dislike based on 29 Critics

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SURVIVING CHRISTMAS

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DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: October 22, 2004

Starring: Ben Affleck, Catherine O'Hara, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini

Summary: Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Affleck) decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to recall the family holidays of his youth. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew's family. (DreamWorks)

Director: Mike Mitchell

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 91 min

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Chicago Tribune - Allison Benedikt

As light, fluffy, cockle-warming holiday entertainment, this thing is pretty sweet. Read full review

Chicago Reader - J.R. Jones

Another go-round for the premise of an overaged kid insinuating himself into a stranger's family. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Scott Tobias

Affleck's psychotic enthusiasm aside, no one seems to be having a good time, and the ill will becomes infectious. Read full review

New York Daily News - Jami Bernard

Ben Affleck's goose is cooked with Surviving Christmas, a movie that makes "Gigli" look like one of the crowning moments in his career. Read full review

Dallas Observer - Gregory Weinkauf

Wrenches paltry giggles and cheap warmth from a screenplay that makes "Son in Law" seem like Sam Shepard. But wretched Affleck is the real liability. Read full review

Empire - Dan Jolin

As it is, an unbearably irritating, shouty, gurning Affleck takes the anaemic script and injects it with strychnine. Read full review

Philadelphia Inquirer - Carrie Rickey

So bad you're nostalgic for "Gigli." So painful you need an epidural. So mindless you'll lose yours wondering, "What were they thinking?" Read full review

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drlowdon

Dec 24, 2014

Surviving Christmas is pretty much your standard overly sentimental festive movie and, despite its fairly impressive cast that includes the late James Gandolfini and Ben Affleck, it is not a particularly memorable one.

Watched at the right time of the year it's not all bad but it makes noSurviving Christmas is pretty much your standard overly sentimental festive movie and, despite its fairly impressive cast that includes the late James Gandolfini and Ben Affleck, it is not a particularly memorable one.

Watched at the right time of the year it's not all bad but it makes no attempt to do anything daring or remotely original and its hard to imagine anyone adding it to their list of regular Christmas movies.… Expand

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