Christmas Movie #7
Synopsis: Dysfunctional
American family experiences true Christmas miracle: a rich,
obnoxious douchebag moves into their home and offers them cash if they
agree to humiliate themselves.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “It’s madness, mischief and mayhem when rich executive Drew Latham
(Ben Affleck) decides to rent himself a family for the holidays. Tired of
spending Christmas alone, Drew makes the Valcos (James Gandalfini, Christina
Applegate and Catherine O’Hara) an offer they should have refused.”
What Did I Learn?:
Apparently, money can in fact buy anything.
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Movie If: You know that James Gandalfini and Christmas go together like rum and eggnog.
Really?: Gee, I
dunno... how about the entire premise of this movie?
Rating: As a fan
of James Gandalfini and his work in The Sopranos, I wanted to like Surviving Christmas a lot more than I
did. While it has a few amusing lines, it’s not a terribly funny movie, and the
buildup we expect – a confrontation between Gandalfini and Affleck never
happens; instead, the movie shifts gears and we’re given a sappy – and highly
unlikely romance between Affleck and Applegate. Surviving Christmas could have been a much better film if the
script had gone through a re-write or two. 5.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252028/?ref_=rvi_tt
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