Surviving Christmas Reviews
October 25, 2004
Yuletide cheer gets a kick in the shins with this funny but forced cinematic Christmas present.
Original Score: 2.5/4
October 24, 2004
Ben Affleck delivers a surprisingly on-target performance as a man who thinks money and grandiose gestures are the answer to everything.
October 22, 2004
It's the most unapologetically wacky holiday-themed movie since National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
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| Original Score: 3/5
October 22, 2004
The surprisingly effective bleak humor earned scene by scene in Surviving Christmas reveals the proper formula that Affleck abandoned after Good Will Hunting.
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| Original Score: 3/4
October 22, 2004
A pleasant surprise.
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| Original Score: 2.75/4
October 21, 2004
For Christmas to be any source of laughs, many audience members will need to move past their fear of Ben Affleck.
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| Original Score: B+
October 21, 2004
As light, fluffy, cockle-warming holiday entertainment, this thing is pretty sweet.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
October 20, 2004
Just when you're about to dismiss Affleck and his over-the-top demeanor, the story starts to click. A movie I thought I was going to hate turned into a nice little treat.
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| Original Score: 3/4