
Spencer and his little sister, Katherine, are flying to Pennsylvania for Christmas with their dad. While changing planes, a blizzard moves in and cancels all flights out of Hoover Airport: they must stay in a basement room with the other unaccompanied minors. Spencer and four others - a chubby boy, a non-stop-talker, a surly girl, and a rich kid - go AWOL and get in trouble with Mr. Porter, the Christmas-hating airport supervisor. The five misfits spend the night evading and ... (Full plot summary below)
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Spencer and his little sister, Katherine, are flying to Pennsylvania for Christmas with their dad. While changing planes, a blizzard moves in and cancels all flights out of Hoover Airport: they must stay in a basement room with the other unaccompanied minors. Spencer and four others - a chubby boy, a non-stop-talker, a surly girl, and a rich kid - go AWOL and get in trouble with Mr. Porter, the Christmas-hating airport supervisor. The five misfits spend the night evading and enduring Porter's punishments, discovering all sorts of things in back rooms, making sure Katherine gets her visit from Santa, and finding among themselves a new kind of family.
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| Associated PressDavid GermainHow do you defang and declaw caustic standup comic and commentator Lewis Black? Stick him in a PG-rated holiday family movie, then stand back and watch the laughs not pile up. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseA new generation of kids gets its John Hughes on...surprisingly bearable. |
| DVDTalk.comDavid CorneliusUnexpectedly warm and huggable, and far funnier than you'd ever guess... one of the wittiest, most endearing holiday films in recent memory. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelIt plays like a cross between Home Alone and The Breakfast Club. Pre-teens are sure to have a great time, and accompanying adults will, too. |
| Reel.comPam GradyIt is not a holiday classic on par with A Christmas Story. But it does provide a lot of laughs and does do exactly what a yuletide movie should: it makes merry. |
| E! OnlineDezhda GaubertJust another lame tween screwball comedy (emphasis on the 'screwball', not so much on the 'comedy'). |
| Arizona RepublicBill MullerNothing more than Home Alone in an airport. |
| Miami HeraldConnie OgleA film that's funny and entertaining for kids and adults. |
| Portland OregonianM. E. RussellWhen it works, it's decent family fun; the kids are incredibly sharp. But the script's not as sharp as they are, and not everyone brings his A-game. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachIt may not advance the art form, but it's a movie with pleasures for the whole family, and nowadays that's saying something. |