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Surviving Christmas

2004 · Movie · 91 min
F

MEANRANK

45/100

Averaged across 10 ratings · 115.6K votes

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8–92 out of 100

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A lonely and wealthy advertising executive dreads spending the holidays alone. He offers a large sum of money to a family to let him spend Christmas at their house, essentially renting them as his surrogate family. His attempts to force traditional holiday cheer upon the very dysfunctional, and very unwilling, family lead to chaotic and uncomfortable situations.

Details

Director
Mike Mitchell
Released
21 September 2004
Country
United States
Language
English
Runtime
91 min
Rated
PG-13
Budget
$45.0M
Box office
$14.8M

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