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Actors: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Surviving Christmas |
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Drew Latham just broke up with his longtime girlfriend and he is going to spend Christmas alone. Instead of that, he decides to go back to his hometown and have a nice family Christmas. The people now living in his childhood home are not his family; they are far from it. He offers the Valcos a large amount of money to become part of their family throughout Christmas Day. The Valcos are not a family who are interested in celebrating Christmas, and Latham forces them to get a tree, wear Christmas hats and go shopping for gifts. The Valcos begin to feel that any amount of money is not worth him being in their lives especially when their daughter (Christina Applegate) comes home with no intention of wanting another brother.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Surviving Christmas |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of comedy
- holiday comedy
How much humor v. drama
- Lot of humor, but significant serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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