My $0.02 on this movie (p.s. I LOVED IT)
Everyone at DreamWorks are a bunch of morons for releasing a Christmas movie in OCTOBER, but this movie was REALLY GOOD! Yes, I know what you're thinking, "She's an Affleck fan, of course she liked it", but oh contrar! I disliked a few of Affleck's flicks, and some I refuse to even watch because of their badness. But, this movie was awesome. The cast was so funny... they all were, even Mr. Soprano himself. I knew Ben was going to do well in a comedy that isn't just a Kevin Smith flick. There were some really funny moments that the commercials do no justice to. And I guarantee that there were no unnecessary cheezy/sappy scenes that a Christmas movie should not have. Nothing close to the corny clapping scene in "Jersey Girl" that I am still super bitter about (GRRR KEVIN WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!). Entertainment Weekly gave it an F while they gave a movie like "Eurotrip" somewhere in the B's. Maybe for a sex-driven teen movie Eurotrip was worth a B (although I still disagree), but as a dark Christmas comedy I think Surviving Xmas did not deserve an effin' F. That's just a shame. What the *beep* else do they expect from a CHRISTMAS movie???? They always either expect something dumb-funny like Dumb & Dumber from a comedy, or something remarkably genius like a Mel Brooks piece. Everyone is so quick in prejudging this film because of Ben Affleck that they miss the point that IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A MASTERPIECE AND/OR EXTREMELY HYSTERICAL! It's a Christmas movie. Remember that. The only flaw I could think of that this movie has is its release date. Let's just pray Surviving Christmas can survive until Christmas to boost in the box office, because this was infact a good holiday movie.
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