Surviving Christmas 2004
5.699 /10
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.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| AT | Streaming | Dec 17, 2004 |
| HU | Streaming | Nov 22, 2005 |
| IE | Streaming | Dec 3, 2004 |
| PL | Streaming | Dec 3, 2004 |
| SE | DVD | Nov 9, 2005 |
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Full Cast & Crew
Drew Latham
Tom Valco
Alicia Valco
Christine Valco
Brian Valco
Doo-Dah
Missy Vanglider
Heinrich
Horace Vanglider
Letitia Vanglider
Dr. Freeman
Doo-Dah Understudy
Kathryn
Suit
Levine the Lawyer
Little Girl
Older Brother
Freeman Twin
Freeman Twin
Marley
Christmas Past
Christmas Present
Fanny
Security Lady
Security Man
Deli Man
Customer
Man Wrapping Gift
Lonely Lady
Depressed Donator
Choir
Choir
Elf
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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Bottemline: It's boring...
10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is an entertaining adventure with impressive special effects and cast. The storyline might be better, since most of the characters do not show any chemistry. However, it is worthwhile watching this film since the amazing special effects are not possible to be described in words. Why Pietro has to die is also not possible to be explained. My vote is eight.
Cast & crew of
Surviving Christmas
Directors & Credit Writers
Screenplay
Screenplay
Executive Producer
Editor
Stunt Double
Hair Department Head
Original Music Composer
Stunts
Stunts
Cast
Tom Valco
Alicia Valco
Christine Valco
Brian Valco
Doo-Dah
Missy Vanglider
Heinrich
Horace Vanglider
Letitia Vanglider
Dr. Freeman
Doo-Dah Understudy
Kathryn
Suit
Levine the Lawyer
Little Girl
Older Brother
Freeman Twin
Freeman Twin
Marley
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