| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
D+ |
|
| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
David Germain |
"Surviving Christmas? Try surviving all 91 minutes of this holiday melodrama." more... |
D- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"It's the sort of stupid swill that gets spewed out by a studio committee, slapped together without a brain, a heart, or a good idea about where to put a camera or when to cut a scene." more... |
D |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"As light, fluffy, cockle-warming holiday entertainment, this thing is pretty sweet." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"Officially credited to four writers, Surviving Christmas bears all the signs of too-many-cooks stirring the script..." more... |
C- |
| E! Online |
"...a total snow job." more... |
F |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A Christmas movie only a Scrooge could love." more... |
D |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"If Hans Blix is still searching for bombs, he should check out Surviving Christmas..." more... |
F |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...the movie is too unsure of itself to rely on the kind of sure-fire farce that might have made it consistently funny." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Surviving Christmas can't decide whether it wants to be a black comedy, dumb farce, or sentimental sit-com." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Everything about it is manufactured -- the emotions are false, the sentiments are phony, and the story is a construction of mirthless silliness." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...little more than a big screen sitcom." more... |
C |
In Theaters 
