Surviving Christmas

2004 91 min Comedy, Romance

A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When he visits the house and finds another family living there, he offers the residents, Tom Valco (James Gandolfini) and his wife, Christine (Catherine O'Hara), a large sum of money to pretend they are his parents. Soon Drew tests the couple's patience, and, when their daughter, Alicia (Christina Applegate), arrives, things get increasingly tense.

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IMDb 5.5 RT 8 Metacritic 19

budget $45,000,000 earnings $14,793,624 return 0.3x

director Mike Mitchell

writers Jennifer Ventimilia, Harry Elfont, Joshua Sternin, Deborah Kaplan

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