Surviving Christmas Soundtrack

Synopsis: It's the Christmas season. Wealthy Chicago ad executive Drew Latham has long avoided the family traditions of Christmas, but has dreaded being alone on the actual day. So when his tropical Christmas vacation with girlfriend Missy Vangilder falls through with Missy breaking up with him in the process, Drew, in going through some self-therapy, decides what he really needs is to relive the memorable Christmases from his childhood, which includes spending time with his parents and younger brother. As that is not possible, he decides to rent a family, namely ones he's never met before, the Valcos - husband and wife Tom and Christine and their teenaged son Brian - who now live in Drew's childhood home in suburban Chicago. Tom initially wants nothing to do with Drew until an exorbitant sum of money is involved, all written in a contract which expires at the end of Christmas day. What Drew is initially unaware of, or what he chooses to remain ignorant about, is that the Valcos are going throug
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Mike Mitchell
Production: Dreamworks
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
19
Rotten Tomatoes:
7%
PG-13
Year:
2004
91 min
$11,198,345
Website
235 Views


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#SongDuration
1By the Fireside1:18
2Christmas Pageant2:11
3Feliz Navidad3:06
4Happy Holidays3:18
5Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas2:46
6I Like It1:12
7Ice Storm1:05
8Jingle Bell Rock1:44
9Santa Claus is Comin' to Town2:55
10Shopping Spree0:47
11The Most Wonderful Time of the Year2:17

Deborah Kaplan

Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. Raised in Abington, Pennsylvania, Deborah Kaplan met her creative partner Harry Elfont while they were both enrolled at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University (NYU). They have since written several films together, and directed two: Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats. Kaplan married actor Breckin Meyer (who had small roles in both of the films she directed) on October 14, 2001. They have two children together, a daughter named Keaton Willow, born on December 31, 2003 and another daughter named Clover. The marriage ended in divorce in 2012. more…

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