The moral is that money can indeed buy happiness.
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06/24/06
Surviving Christmas (2004)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:0
Rotten:7
Average Rating:2.6/10
Consensus: Surviving Christmas is unpleasant characters attacking each other for 90 minutes before delivering a typical, hollow anti-consumerist message
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck ("Good Will Hunting"), Emmy winner James Gandolfini (TV’s "The Sopranos") and Christina Applegate ("View From the Top," TV’s "Married With Children") star in the... [More]
Starring: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Mike Mitchell
Reviews for Surviving Christmas
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticDespite the talent involved, this fails to raise so much as a smile, let alone laughs and Christmas cheer.
04/01/06
Top CriticAll that's vaguely funny or Christmassy about this are the sweaty beads of desperation which string together like fairy-lights across Affleck's forehead as he hammers out one lame gag after another.
11/30/04
Top CriticIt's just in time for Halloween, and it is a scary movie. Unfortunately it's supposed to be a comedy.
10/22/04
Top CriticDirector Mike Mitchell never finds a tone or attitude that will transform these misanthropic characters into comedy.
10/21/04
Top CriticThe film is well cast, with James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman and Christina Applegate as Drew's rented family, but they're wasted on subpar material.
10/21/04
Top CriticThe woozy, sinking sensation this Christmas comedy produces suggests a movie slapped together after the consumption of far too many gallons of spiked eggnog.
10/21/04
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