Surviving Christmas

Cast: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Josh Zuckerman, Catherine O'Hara, Jennifer Morrison, Bill Macy, David Selby, Udo Kier, Stephen Root, Stephanie Faracy, Tangie Ambrose, Sy Richardson, Peter Jason

Director: Mike Mitchell

Rating: PG-13

Studio: DreamWorks Pictures

Release date: October 22nd, 2004

Synopsis:
Centers on a rich record executive (Affleck) who is faced with spending the Christmas holiday by himself. To steer clear of a lonely holiday, he journeys back to his childhood home and persuades the family that now lives there to take him in by paying them cash to pretend they are his family. Applegate would star as the lead female, the well-educated scientist daughter in the family he rents.