Surviving Christmas
2004 · 91 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 29,443 VOTES · DIR. Mike Mitchell
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,368 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:48 [Screams]
00:06:03 Something expensive, a lot of diamonds, very flashy.
00:09:45 - [Drew] You're abusing your child. - Can you see I've got my own problems?
00:14:07 [Whimpers]
00:17:49 Tom, that guy is still here.
00:22:10 - In public? - Yeah.
00:25:16 That was great.
00:28:08 - I can't feel my toes. - Here he comes.
00:31:08 - Mom, I believe you go first. - Okay.
00:34:00 No, Dad, I'm sleeping in the living room.
00:37:10 You gotta go.
00:40:25 [Drew] Hey, Alicia. Want to go tobogganing?
00:43:25 Ausgeseichnet! Yeah!
00:47:34 Did you do something?
00:52:44 - Step, step, step. - Okay.
00:55:55 Old enough to know how it's done, young enough to still want to do it.
00:58:58 You have to help me! Pretend for a couple hours!
01:01:30 We don't usually leave him outside.
01:04:41 You'll never see me again. Just take a ride for an hour.
01:07:44 Red hot, even.
01:10:52 You're right, Drew. Just screw family.
01:16:53 No one's home!
01:20:24 That's what I'm sayin'. I don't wanna leave.
250:00:00 to be his family for Christmas.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,368
Dialogue density15.0 lines / min
First line00:01:48
Final line250:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMike Mitchell
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45,000,000
Revenue$14,793,624
IMDb votes29,443