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Certificate 12A

Cast Ben Affleck Christina Applegate James Gandolfini Catherine O'Hara

Directors Mike Mitchell

Screenwriters Deborah Kaplan Harry Elfont

Running Time 91 minutes

Surviving Christmas
Ben Affleck's arrogant bachelor 'hires' a family with which to spend the festive season.

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Plot
A rich but lonely bachelor (Affleck) hires a family to spend Christmas with, in order to recapture the ideal Christmas he never had. Things are complicated when the family's grown-up daughter (Applegate) returns unexpectedly.

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