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Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   6,853 votes
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Director:
Mike Mitchell
Writers (WGA):
Deborah Kaplan (story) &
Harry Elfont (story) ...
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Release Date:
22 October 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
This year, Christmas comes early. Really early. Like... October 22nd. more
Plot:
A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
Not as bad as I heard more (91 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and a brief drug reference.
Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
DreamWorks SKG more

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Trivia:
Jon Favreau was offered a chance to direct, but made Elf (2003) instead. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: About halfway through the movie Ben and Christina are sick and they turn on the TV. The song (video) playing was "Cherry Pie" by Warrant. The captions say, "Poison: Cherry Pie" more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Drew Latham: Folks, my firm's done a tremendous amount of marketing research and we've discovered two critical things, one; most Americans feel that Christmas is a time for family. Two; most Americans feel that in order to stand being around their family, for even one or two days, they need to swill as much alcohol as humanly possible.
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Soundtrack:
Santa Claus is Coming to Town more

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26 out of 40 people found the following comment useful.
Not as bad as I heard, 5 November 2004
7/10
Author: dbregenzer from United States

This movie isn't as bad as I heard. It was enjoyable, funny and I love that is revolves around the holiday season. It totally has me in the mood to Christmas shop and listen to holiday music. When this movie comes out on DVD it will take the place of Christmas Vacation in my collection. It will be a movie to watch every year after Thanksgiving to get me in the mood for the best time of the year. I heard that Ben's character was a bit crazy but I think it just adds to the movie and why be so serious all the time. Take it for what is it, a Christmas comedy with a love twist. I enjoyed it. No, it isn't Titanic and it won't make your heart pound with anticipation but it will bring on a laugh or two. So go laugh and have a good time:)

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