Surviving Christmas
This year, Christmas comes early. Really early.
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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Overall Score: 60%
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Not really woke. There is one 2 second scene of a lonely man in a window who has another man come up to him and give him a kiss
on the cheek and he smiles and they both walk away implying a gay couple. It's a very short scene and it's done in the context of a joke. The characters are never seen again or before this. I Don't see any reason to ding it for that one thing. This is a watchable Christmas movie despite Affleck's horrendous performance. I don't know if he was directed to do this or if it's his fault. His character is so annoying and his acting is terrible. He does this weird high pitched whiney high energy annoying voice that is awful. The strange thing is there are a couple of scenes were
he is a normal person and his acting is fine and his voice is normal. His character has some great jokes and lines that would be funny if not
for his bad acting and voice. The saving grace though and the real reason to watch this is the performances by James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hare. Those two steal the show with excellent acting and hilarious jokes. Applegate has some good scenes but those 2 are by far the highlight.
Created: 12-28-2025