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Surviving Christmas (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 161 Fresh: 46  Rotten:115 Average Rating: 3.9/10
 
Consensus: Surviving Christmas is unpleasant characters attacking each other for 90 minutes before delivering a typical, hollow anti-consumerist message
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Theatrical Release: Oct 22, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $11,198,345

Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck ("Good Will Hunting"), Emmy winner James Gandolfini (TV’s "The Sopranos") and Christina Applegate ("View From the Top," TV’s "Married With Children") star in the comedy "Surviving Christmas." Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Ben... Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck ("Good Will Hunting"), Emmy winner James Gandolfini (TV’s "The Sopranos") and Christina Applegate ("View From the Top," TV’s "Married With Children") star in the comedy "Surviving Christmas." Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to spend the holidays with family. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew’s family. Nevertheless, Drew has his mind set on an old-fashioned family Christmas, and the fact that the "family" in question, the Valcos, are complete strangers, isn’t about to put a crimp in his plans. Offering them a small fortune, Drew bribes his newfound "parents" (James Gandolfini and Catherine O’Hara) to let him spend Christmas in their home, pretending to be part of the family. Just when the Valcos begin to question if any amount of money is worth being dragged all over town on such traditional family holiday excursions as Christmas shopping and the requisite choosing of the Christmas tree, their eldest daughter Alicia (Christina Applegate) comes home for the holidays, with no intention of adopting a new "brother." "Surviving Christmas" is directed by Mike Mitchell from a screenplay by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont and Jeffrey Ventimilia & Joshua Sternin, from a story by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont. The film is produced by Jenno Topping and Betty Thomas, with Patricia Whitcher serving as executive producer. [More]

Genre: Comedies

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

Director: Mike Mitchell
Screenwriter: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Producer: Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping
Composer: Randy Edelman

DVD Info

Release:

Dec 21, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - 1. "HBO First Look: Surviving Christmas"
  • Alternate Opening Sequence

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Storyboard Gallery

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