When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of... Read allWhen his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Storyline
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- TriviaAt the conclusion of filming in Atlanta, furniture and props from the set were donated to the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, a charity that gives away free furniture to people moving into stable housing from homelessness and domestic violence.
- GoofsNate can be seen on the side of the dance floor during Jeremy and Mary's dance-off after the scene where he left the party to get the $2,000. A few minutes later, he's back at the party with money in hand, looking for his date.
- Quotes
Lonny: So, Carol. You know, that's my grandmother's name.
Carol Vanstone: [distracted momentarily] Mmm. No, I did not know that.
Lonny: Yeah.
Carol Vanstone: Oh.
Lonny: It's kind of an old-timey name. Don't really hear "Carol" much anymore. It's like...
[imitates an old woman]
Lonny: "Hi, I'm Carol. I gotta get home before I miss my stories." "Hi, I'm Carol. I heard about Pearl Harbor on the radio." "Hi, I'm Carol. I died in the beginning of 'Up'."
- Crazy creditsThe first part of the closing credits features stills, outtakes, and alternative lines.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film '72: Episode #45.8 (2016)
The ground, also known as the glue, is the character that the viewer finds most relatable, most sympatico, when the story itself starts fray around the edges. Which is not to say that all scripts require a strong ground or glue, merely that the more outrageous scripts, the scripts with the least internal cohesion, require as much ground as they can get.
Which brings us to OFFICE XMAS PARTY, one of the more blatant examples of a "spaghetti on the wall" script. In other words, not a lot of fine tuning was done to get this baby ready for shooting day. The writers just took every gag they could think of, threw it against the wall, and then waited to see what stuck.
Some of it stuck, most did not.
But Bateman and Munn hold the film together by holding the attention of the viewer. In fact, they are so effortless at it that, every now and then, for just a split second, you almost think they are acting in another movie entirely, a romcom in which they are the only characters, and you are imagining the other 400 extras in this overdone extravaganza.
Is it funny? Not really. This reviewer laughed exactly once.
Is it engaging? Well, because of Bateman and Munn, actually it is.
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- Mar 9, 2017
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- Also known as
- Fiesta de Navidad en la oficina
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $54,767,494
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,890,204
- Dec 11, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $114,501,299
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1