| Surviving Christmas Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| It's funny how often an actor playing for laughs doesn't get them. Zany
comedy is a pathetic new genre and 'Surviving Christmas' is a proud member
of this lame club. It didn't have to be that way. Ben Affleck is not exactly
the modern incarnation of Cary...more |
| Surviving Christmas Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 3/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Surviving Christmas" (Dream Works)
After winning a Best Screenplay Oscar for co-writing "Good Will Hunting"
with Matt Damon, one would think Ben Affleck would have script judgment. But he
doesn't. In fact, his films - and...more |
| Surviving Christmas Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C) |
| It is Christmas time and wealthy advertising executive
Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) suddenly realizes just how
lonely he is. After a tiff with his girlfriend he
decides to return to his boyhood home to try to
recapture the old Xmas spirit. But, it's not...more |
| Surviving Christmas Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 3/10) |
| Did someone mention sucking? It must be a coincidence that I just segued
into the Surviving Christmas review. I mean, a movie about Christmas that
is being released before Halloween is bound to be a classic, right? With
Ben Affleck? I mean, people...more |
| Surviving Christmas Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| As SURVIVING CHRISTMAS opens, you can smell a cinematic disaster in the offing.
With loud, irony-laced Christmas music ("It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The
Year"), the movie cuts between clichéd images, good and bad. Festive shoppers
gaily traipse...more |
