Thursday, October 21, 2004

Surviving Christmas

Surviving Christmas started really good, well, the whole first hour is great, but from the point when Drew's (Ben Affleck) girlfriend's family shows up, the movie got stupid. And the ending was lame and rushed to tie things up.

Ben Affleck was really good. He was very energetic and charismatic. They were all good actually, though Catherine O'hara was the less developed, really a waste of a wonderfull and very funny actress. What happens to her (which I wont spoil) was a total waste, they just forgot about it.
And I also liked Christina Applegate, another good comedic performance by her like in Anchorman. She's having a good year.
James Gandolfini was very good too, and he's make a great Santa for if Bad Santa didn't exist.

The movie overall was just ok, but nothing we'll remember next year.