Surviving Christmas is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Ben Affleck. Despite being a Christmas movie, DreamWorks SKG released the movie towards the end of October. This was due to it being advanced from December 2003 to avoid clashing with Affleck's other film, Paycheck. The movie had negative reviews and was a box office failure. It was released on DVD on December 21, 2004, just two months after it had its theatrical release. Drew Latham is a wealthy advertising executive. Just before Christmas, he surprises his girlfriend Missy with first class tickets to Fiji.... She is horrified that he would want to spend Christmas away from his family. Citing the fact that Drew has never even introduced her to his family, she concludes that he will never get serious about their relationship and dumps him. Drew has his assistant send her a Cartier bracelet to apologize. Desperate not to spend Christmas alone, Drew calls all of his contacts to find a place to stay on Christmas, but he is not close enough to anyone to be invited. He tracks down Dr. Freeman at the airport, hoping to squeeze in a therapy session.
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| Release date: | October 22, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Mike Mitchell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Betty Thomas |
| Editor: | Craig McKay |
| Music by: | Randy Edelman |
| Cinematography: | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Screenplay by: | Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont, Jeffrey Ventimilia, Joshua Sternin |
| Estimated budget: | $45,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |