Ben Affleck, Bill Macy, Catherine O'Hara
Ben Affleck is well-cast as Drew Latham, a millionaire on the verge of nervous collapse, a man with no sense of self who tries to buy the trappings of life--including the family that just happens to b...( read more
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Directed by: Ben Affleck, Bill Macy, Catherine O'Hara, Christina Applegate, David Selby, James Gandolfini, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Zuckerman, Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Root, Sy Richardson, Udo Kier
Release Date: October 22, 2004
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2004
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Stats: 745 reviews
Flixster Reviews (745)
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December 23, 2007O'Hara and Gandolfini steal the show (as "unstealable" as it is) while Applegate reprises her dumb role and Affleck makes this unbearable movie even less bearable than it is. An awful piece of crap with some hilarious moments from O'Hara and Gandolfini. That's it.
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July 14, 2007Good premise for a comedy. I don't know why this movie was slammed so badly - maybe October was too early for a Christmas movie to be released? James Gandolfini looks great with a beard.
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January 9, 2007How Ben Affleck ever starred in another movie after this is beyond me. This movie gave me such bad diarreah that I almost died of dehydration.
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November 20, 2006An advice from me to everyone reading this review do not watch this during Christmas. This movie kills every christmas spirit. It is joyless, disgusting, disturbing, random and not funny at all. It tries to tell anemotional story about a guy who's looking for a family for christm...( read more)
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October 27, 2006Why, Ben Afleck? Why must you star in such stupid movies? You're better than this.
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September 24, 2009Ben Stiller woulda turned this one into a home run, but as it is, this is a surprisingly fun movie, with a killer cast.
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June 6, 2009whatever. it's a typical 'the holidays suck' film - i don't like those types of movies. it's a tad creepy
Critic Reviews
October 22, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
October 21, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Some screwball moments elicit a chuckle or two, but the script is weak and the characterizations clichéd. full review
October 20, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A grating tribute to checkbook cheer, that warm and fuzzy feeling achieved from buying and buying and buying. full review
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