Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate
Catherine OÕHara
Dreamworks Pictures; Directed by Mike Mitchell
Rated PG-13; 91 minutes; 2004
Drew Latham is a rich record
executive who decides what he needs is a Christmas spent in his idyllic
childhood home. The problem is
that his family no longer lives there.
He offers the Valcos, the current owners, a small fortune to pretend to
be his family just for a few days doing all of the ÒtraditionalÓ holiday things such as picking out the perfect
Christmas tree. Just when the family thinks they cannot take anymore their
oldest daughter arrives home and is not happy with the presence of her new
ÒbrotherÓ in this holiday comedy adventure.