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Surviving Christmas
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Surviving Christmas is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Deborah Kaplan. Produced by Betty Thomas through LivePlanet, the movie features Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, and Catherine O’Hara in the cast. The narrative is set in Chicago during the Christmas and holiday season, though filming took place in Los Angeles. The production involved companies including Tall Trees Productions and DreamWorks Pictures.
The film has a runtime of 91 minutes and was composed by Randy Edelman with editing by Craig McKay. It was distributed by DreamWorks and Netflix via video on demand. Critical reception included a review score of 7% and 19/100, with an average rating of 3.3/10. Financially, the project had a budget of 45,000,000 and generated revenue of 14,793,624. It was released in the United States in 2004.
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5.7A 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.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Drew Latham
- James Gandolfini as Tom Valco
- Christina Applegate as Alicia Valco
- Catherine O'Hara as Christine Valco
- Josh Zuckerman as Brian Valco
- Bill Macy as Doo-Dah
Themes
- holiday
- romcom
- christmas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Mike Mitchell
- Cast member
- Sy Richardson
- Composer
- Randy Edelman
- Producer
- Betty Thomas
- Production company
- LivePlanet
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 561266
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.survivingchristmas.com/intro.html
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- publication date
- 2004-01-01
- title
- Surviving Christmas
- film editor
- Craig McKay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 19/100
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