Surviving Christmas (2004)

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The movie is dead from the outset given the artificiality of the premise about a lonely rich guy who hires the folks living in his boyhood home to be his family for the holidays.

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03/05/07

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You may not survive watching it.

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12/30/06

1/5

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04/01/06

1/5

If you thought the Ron Howard Grinch movie was the worst excuse for a holiday movie in recent memory, then look out: this one’s worse.

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01/15/05

1/5

A colossal turkey.

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12/04/04

1/5

All 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.

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11/30/04

1.5

Surviving Christmas can’t decide whether it wants to be naughty or nice and the end result is a sometime funny story, but with a severe multiple personality disorder .

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11/30/04

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Affleck gives one of the clammiest, most panicked performances I've ever seen. The movie is drenched in his flop-sweat.

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11/08/04

1/5

The premise has potential, as does the casting, but the script is so mind-numbingly lazy that it insults its audience at every turn.

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11/07/04

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With the release of this wretched film, star Ben Affleck takes one more ragged step in what seems his death march from leading man to celebrity game show guest.

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11/05/04

.5/4

Easily the worst Christmas movie of all time, and a surefire contender for the worst film of 2004.

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11/02/04

1/5

Ben Affleck's Christmas "comedy" is a misfire under the mistletoe, even with a germ of a classic tale hidden under the ugly wrapping.

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11/01/04

2/4

Watching this holiday dud is like opening a fantastic Christmas present -- a gift that is exactly what you wanted and that, shortly thereafter, unravels, breaks, or otherwise falls apart.

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10/30/04

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The desperation apparent in Affleck's bug-eyed attempts at whimsy may be the most uncomfortable aspect of Surviving Christmas.

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10/30/04

D-

Can’t decide whether it wants to be dark or merry, and it bungles nearly every attempt at doing either.

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10/30/04

1/5

Affleck may finally have found a use for his obnoxious personality, because Drew is amazingly annoying.

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10/30/04

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The idea of casting Ben Affleck as some kind of giddy holiday angel who drops in and makes everything all right again was doomed from day one.

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10/29/04

1.5/4

Last year, we got Bad Santa; this year, we get Bad Movie.

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