Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisit his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up.
There's a lot to not buy in Surviving Christmas. I recommend not buying.
– Erik Lundegaard,
Seattle Times,
22 Oct 2004
rotten:
Surviving Christmas is about as funny as a rubber crutch for Tiny Tim.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
22 Oct 2004
rotten:
The moral is that money can indeed buy happiness.
– Jessica Winter,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
The movie is dead from the outset given the artificiality of the premise about a lonely rich guy who hires the folks living in his boyhood home to be his family for the holidays.
– David Germain,
Associated Press,
5 Mar 2007
rotten:
Pique on earth and ill will toward men permeate this mirthless comedy.