Surviving Christmas

Product Description:
Facing another lonely christmas drew wants to revisit his childhood home & relive holiday memories. But when he gets there he finds another family living in the home. Drew offers a nice financial reward to the family. But is his cash the beginning of an annoying visitor who is overeager to celebrate christmas?Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 08/19/2008Starring: Ben Affleck Christina ApplegateRun time: 91 minutesRating: Pg13

Amazon.com:
Ben Affleck is well-cast as Drew Latham, a millionaire on the verge of nervous collapse, a man with no sense of self who tries to buy the trappings of life--including the family that just happens to be living in his childhood home. He jumps around with a plastic smile on his face, trying to impose himself on the bribed household, who--even though the parents are on the verge of divorce--are still more psychologically coherent than he is. Surviving Christmas has been unfairly trashed due to anti-Affleck sentiment in the post-Gigli era; though the movie eventually succumbs to bland formula, it has some moments of bracing dark comedy and genuine empathy, mostly thanks to James Gandolfini (The Sopranos, The Mexican) and Catherine O'Hara (A Mighty Wind, Beetlejuice) as the parents--two superb actors who could breathe life into any banal script. Also featuring Christina Applegate (Anchorman, View from the Top). --Bret Fetzer

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - One of my FAVORITES!
What is with you anti "Surviving Christmas' people? It's an excellent script with modern day Capraesque overtones, a cast deserving of an equal review. Ben Affleck is a natural comedian. The other actors are teriffic as well."Drew Latham", truly sketches, shapes the family and situations.
Perhaps it's geared for and appreciated by we singles. It turns out to be a Wonderful Lifedespite the dysfunctional bumps along the way.
Hilarious! Let adults have their Christmas movie too!
Rating: - Great Movie
If you Love the Lampoon Christmas you will love this movie. Great service and fast shipping.
Rating: - Very lite and funny
This moving is great if you're looking for a lite hearted comedy for the Christmas season.It gives you the warm feeling at the end, which is what the Christmas season is all about.You don't have to overthink this one.Just sit back and enjoy!
Rating: - It was a gift
I've never seen the movie myself but a coworker had looked all over for it and could'nt find it so I offered to order it for her, and she was thrilled
Rating: - one of the funniest Christmas movies ever!
The first time I saw this movie I was feeling a bit depressed...I'd been trying to buy a house for ages and everything kept coming up NO and it was just frustrating...so I had no expectations of being amused - I was just there with a couple of other friends and my daughter...
Boy, did I laugh myself silly! So many of the situations were so incongruous - my favorite was the "mini marshmallows". I couldn't wait for it to come out on DVD...it seemed to take forever. I still can't understand why ... Read More