at first i do not think that ben affleck could really pull off a funny christmas movie and and boy be i wrong and my daughter invite me to watch this with her and i be not disappoint at all . james gandolfini be funny and and i really liked christina appelagate and and catherine o hara be good too and the storyline be what really sell me and and i mean and and too put up with family and and at the table for people you only hardly see but once or twice a year and and and probably do not get along with anyway and and you really do need a much alcohol a youre system can stand to deal with christmas and and so i think that the premise be good there and buy the family with 250000 dollar and be a little on the far fetched side and and but it turn out to work pretty good for me and and cause it be a riot all the way through and it show the class struggle of the different family . it have lot of funny moment and include embarrass stuff on the computer for a teenage boy . all in all i love this movie and will watch it again next christmas or sooner if my daughter want too .