I actually kinda really like this movie. The plot is patently absurd, of course, but the cast are good sports, and make the whole thing work surprisingly well.

This movie was released at the wrong time, back when Affleck was having his career on the down (fuck you Jennifer Lopez), and automatically it was panned. But watch it, its actually hilarious.

Full of one liners and slapstick comedy of Christmas Vacation similarities, Surviving Christmas is always one of my favourite Christmas movies. Affleck is brilliant as Drew Latham, an eccentric millionaire who rents a family for Christmas. Remember, this movie was done mostly on improv and its hilarious. How can this not be loved more?

Surprising cameo from Jen Morrison also made me smile. I couldn't remember her in this at all.

Easily passed on, but it shouldn't be ignored. Great fun viewing.

Ben Affleck and his over the top demeanor crack me up throughout this entire film. Widely panned everywhere else, but loved in my home every Christmas season.

I have sat through many bad films in my day and after a long period of really nothing extremely terrible, "Surviving Christmas" came out on top as the worst films in a while. The plot is something interesting but doesn't work as a whole, Ben Affleck is really unlikable in this and really annoying and the film is really unrealistic and very unfunny through every act. It would probably make more sense to watch this in the December and not in September but either way, I don't really ever see myself ever liking this thing in any time of the year and it's really the definition of junk.

Seeing such an outstanding actor like James Gandolifini forced to do some of the most forced unfunny gags in the history of cinema alongside Ben Affleck when he used to consider himself as an "actor" is one of the most depressing things I've seen in my life.

watching Affleck trying to buy & fabricate his own real christmas made me realize i was faking my enjoyment of this film, & trying to buy Affleck's terrible performance

Genial para ver en mayo; así el espíritu navideño no te impide ver lo rematadamente mala que es.

Never heard of it before, and accidentally started watching it in aeroplane. This is very fun and sweet christmas comedy.

The December Project: #93

This is not a good movie. But it's fun. Ben Affleck is way over-the-top playing a wealthy businessman who wants to have a Christmas where he is not completely alone. He hires a family to be his family. Things go wrong - that's a surprise! - until the only wrong thing in his plan (a daughter of the family that he didn't know about) goes right.

Not as bad as I expected.

This was a bit of fun, not as bad as I remembered it.

I really enjoy this Christmas flick, and watch it pretty much every year. Its not very well written as far as plot is concerned, but its got a great cast and makes me laugh pretty hard, and pretty often. If you can forgive its awkward premise, and embrace its dark/slapstick/absurd humor, Surviving Christmas is a pretty good time.

Rich bloke Affleck hires a family to spend Xmas with; antics ensue. Passable yuletide fayre.

Surprisingly decent, with a few laugh-out-loud moments that I wasn't expecting. Predictable and formulaic, yes but you could be watching worse things around Christmas time. Not nearly as masochistic as popping in a "Jingle All The Way" DVD.