Synopsis
Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisits his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up.
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Cast
- Ben AffleckDrew Latham
- James GandolfiniTom Valco
- Christina ApplegateAlicia Valco
- Catherine O'HaraChristine Valco
- Josh ZuckermanBrian Valco
- Bill MacyDoo-Dah
- Jennifer MorrisonMissy Vanglider
- Udo KierHeinrich
- David SelbyHorace Vanglider
- Stephanie FaracyLetitia Vanglider
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Tribune
As light, fluffy, cockle-warming holiday entertainment, this thing is pretty sweet. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
There are a few amusing moments, helped by subdued performances from Affleck and Gandolfini, but this is no "Bad Santa" despite its obvious ambition to play similar holiday tricks. - 38
ReelViews
Can't decide whether it wants to be a black comedy, dumb farce, or sentimental sit-com. - 30
The New York Times
As you watch the comedy lurch along, the woozy, sinking sensation it produces suggests a movie slapped together after the consumption of far too many gallons of that spiked eggnog. - 20
Dallas Observer
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. - 20
Variety
An almost mirth-free, poorly conceived comedy destined to offer Ben Affleck bashers satchels full of new ammunition. - 10
L.A. Weekly
It's screen comedy at the end of its tether, Capra-corn gone rancid. - 10
The Hollywood Reporter
A lame comic premise, a tiresome-bordering-on-obnoxious protagonist and a script devoid of humor is a lot to overcome for any movie, and Surviving Christmas is not the one to do it.
