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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Surviving Christmas (2004)






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. 


 

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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