- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 91 min
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Starring: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara ... see all
- Director: Mike Mitchell
- Plot: Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, Drew wants to revisit his old childhood home and... Read more
User Reviews
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Jan 23, 2008
danspeed61 - yahoo.com
Jan 23, 2008danspeed61 - yahoo.com
i laughed maybe once but that was probably when the credits came up...... it was horrible, another bomb for afleck.... Full review
Cute movie
Dec 21, 2007
flsk62 - yahoo.com
Dec 21, 2007flsk62 - yahoo.com
Overall, I enjoyed this movie. I would watch agian. Enjoyed the festive set decor as well as the snow scenes. Movie jumps quickly from one scene to another so explantions get somewhat lost. Drew (Ben Affleck) gives Valco family $250,000 to... Full review
This is a great Christmas movie
Dec 16, 2007
arq33333 - yahoo.com
Dec 16, 2007arq33333 - yahoo.com
Don't let those family valued, church going, self righteous people fool you. This is a great comedy. Probably the best Christmas theme comedy ever. So what, you make out with your own (fake)sister. That doesn't make it a bad movie!... Full review
Good Movie
Dec 15, 2007
omar_al_rahawi - yahoo.com
Dec 15, 2007omar_al_rahawi - yahoo.com
I just came back from seeing this and I thought it was great. From what i saw, everyone in the movie theater enjoyed it too. I'm just bothered that this movie came out so early rather than around Christmas... Full review
terrible christmas movie
Dec 06, 2007
tara6351 - yahoo.com
Dec 06, 2007tara6351 - yahoo.com
I didn't even watch the whole thing,ben affleck acting was really bad and the movie was stupid it was one of the most horrible christmas movie i ever watch it was just as bad as the movie christmas with the kranks... Full review
The best
Aug 23, 2007
birdy4321 - yahoo.com
Aug 23, 2007birdy4321 - yahoo.com
it was the best movie I ever seen you should watch it if you dont then your making a mistake and if you do watch it then you will find that it is a great movie... Full review
rich man rents a family to spend Christmas with
May 29, 2007
disdressed12 - imdb.com
May 29, 2007disdressed12 - imdb.com
i know it's not Christmas season,but i thought i'd watch this movie anyway.i didn't really have any expectations going in,so imagine my surprise when this turns out to be a watchable movie.it's not really very funny,but it has some amusing... Full review
Excellent X-Mas Movie
May 12, 2007
jmac33208 - yahoo.com
May 12, 2007jmac33208 - yahoo.com
Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini & Catherine O'Hara Were Excellent Along With The Rest Of The Cast. This Movie is a must see for everyone.... Full review
Ty's Review- Surviving Christmas
May 04, 2007
darsloc - yahoo.com
May 04, 2007darsloc - yahoo.com
Arrrrrrrrrgh! What an atrocious hunk o' junk!!! And the worst part of this steamer is that it was released like two and a half months before the freakin' holiday. This useless waste of $7.50 DEFINENTLY deserves my 1st F.... Full review
oh...
Apr 13, 2007
family5emyjet - yahoo.com
Apr 13, 2007family5emyjet - yahoo.com
This movie isn't worthy to see on the whole.I don't know why this movie was released.Every aspect of this movie are very bad. Storyline is so half.So bad on the whole.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Dec 02, 20083 Black Chicks
Surviving Christmas starts out strong, but collapses onto itself.
I can not in good conscious recommend this movie
They love it and he goes home to celebrate with his girlfriend, Missy (Jennifer Morrison).
... Full Review
| Sep 04, 2008Urban Cinefile
Christmas means family, he says, and alcohol is the perfect way to survive the family experience.
It takes a leap of faith to believe that tall, dark and handsome Ben Affleck as Drew could find himself alone at Christmas.
... Full Review
| Jul 10, 20063 Black Chicks
Surviving Christmas starts out strong, but collapses onto itself.
I can not in good conscious recommend this movie
They love it and he goes home to celebrate with his girlfriend, Missy (Jennifer Morrison).
... Full Review
| Dec 22, 2004DVD MovieGuide
Really, I can't think of another reason for anyone to buy this terrible movie.
Surviving Christmas never threatens to become either amusing or charming.
Buy Surviving Christmas only if you can't find coal to put in some bad child's stocking.
... Full Review
| Dec 21, 2004DVD Talk
It's very watchable, has a great cast, and is even somewhat funny.
The movie promised to be off-the-wall, but as it progressed, it quickly began to border on typical holiday sap.
This was the dullest performance in the whole movie.
... Full Review
News
Winnebago Man
variety.com –
2009-06-16
During a sweltering 1988 Iowa fortnight, a loquacious fellow named Jack Rebney wrote and appeared in a series of industrial films touting the eponymous manufacturer's line of recreational vehicles. ... Full Article
It is very easy to bash actors who can't act, and who make bad movies as a result. But for my money, it's more productive to be disappointed in actors who are good, and often do bad films anyway. ... Full Article
Christmas Comes Early
film.com –
2006-11-02
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere I go. No really. It is. What the hell? I mean, I just got finished emptying a large bowl of treats to happy little six-year-olds all dressed as Jack Sparrow ...... ... Full Article
Surviving Christmas (2004)
bbc.co.uk –
2004-11-24
Ben Affleck must have been cock-eyed drunk - and not on yuletide spirit - when he signed up for Mike Mitchell's Surviving Christmas. Sadly he doesn't emerge from this car wreck of a comedy unscathed, flapping around like a demented... ... Full Article
Surviving Theatres
cinemablend.com –
2004-11-08
Ben Affleck's new holiday comedy Surviving Christmas couldn't survive the top ten after three weeks. It looks as if this failure may find it's way under Aussie Christmas trees. ... Full Article
Surviving Christmas
citypaper.com –
2004-10-27
Ben Affleck's gonna be on that Inside the Actors Studio TV show one of these days, and that freak host is gonna be like, " . . . which brings us of course to 2004's Surviving Christmas . ... Full Article

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