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21/09/2004 Comedy, Romance 1h 31m
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This year, Christmas comes early. Really early.

Overview

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.

  1. Mike Mitchell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ben Affleck

    Drew Latham

  2. James Gandolfini

    Tom Valco

  3. Christina Applegate

    Alicia Valco

  4. Catherine O'Hara

    Christine Valco

  5. Josh Zuckerman

    Brian Valco

  6. Bill Macy

    Doo-Dah

  7. Jennifer Morrison

    Missy Vanglider

  8. Udo Kier

    Heinrich

  9. David Selby

    Horace Vanglider

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2022-12-10
The star cast elevate this a lot.

Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate and Catherine O'Hara are, honestly, the only reasons this was watchable, for me personally at least. If it was a film with a lesser known cast, I wouldn't have any positives for it.

For a festive flick, it's a little too mean-spirited. Of course that's the way these films usually go so the eventual pay-off can occur, though with this it's a bit too the other way and the aforementioned pay-off isn't all that pleasant. You gotta make the characters way more likeable if you're only gonna redeem them a tiny ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$45,000,000.00

Revenue
$14,793,624.00

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