Directed by:
Paul FeigCinematography:
Christopher BaffaComposer:
Michael AndrewsCast:
Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Brett Kelly, Gia Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Rob Corddry, Jessica Walter, Teri Garr (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
It's Christmas Eve and a huge blizzard has just shut down the airport, threatening to ruin holiday plans for all stranded travelers. Snowed in en route to their father's house, two "Unaccompanied Minors"--dubbed UMs--Spencer (Dyllan Christopher) and his little sister, Katherine (Dominique Saldana), are ushered to the airport's Unaccompanied Minors Room, a holding cell for dozens of stranded, parent-free kids from all over the country. Caught in the crossfire of projectile cupcakes and juice boxes and desperate to escape, Spencer makes a run for freedom along with four other UMs, who couldn't be more different if they tried: spoiled rich girl Grace (Gina Mantegna), trailer-park tomboy Donna (Quinn Shephard), academic overachiever Charlie (Tyler James Williams) and comic-book geek Timothy Wellington a.k.a. "Beef" (Brett Kelly). With the airport's peevish Passenger Relations Manager Oliver Porter (Lewis Black), his lackey assistant Zach Van Bourke (Wilmer Valderrama) and every airport security guard hot on their trails, this group of UMs from cliques that don't mix learn to ditch their differences and help each other flee the clutches of airport authority. Meanwhile, Katherine and the other UMs have been herded to a nearby hotel to wait out the storm. Determined to reunite with his little sister and fulfill her unspoiled vision of Santa Claus arriving on Christmas morning, Spencer enlists the help of his UM posse. Working together as an unlikely family of their own, they outwit and outrun Oliver and his crew. Plummeting through baggage chutes, rummaging around unclaimed luggage and canoeing down a snow-covered hill, they turn Christmas at the airport into holiday pandemonium and, along the way, prove that the holidays aren't about where you are, but who you're with. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lewis Black
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Inside Out (2015)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Wilmer Valderrama
USA
Best movies:
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Tyler James Williams
USA
Best movies:
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Dyllan Christopher
Best movies:
Seabiscuit (2003)
Armageddon (1998)
Stephen King's Storm of the Century (1999) (series)
Brett Kelly
Canada
Best movies:
Bad Santa (2003)
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Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Gia Mantegna
USA
Best movies:
In the Land of Women (2007)
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Paget Brewster
USA
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Rob Corddry
USA
Best movies:
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Jessica Walter
USA
Best movies:
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Grand Prix (1966)
Dummy (2002)
Teri Garr
USA
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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B.J. Novak
USA
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Reign Over Me (2007)
The Dictator (2012)
Mindy Kaling
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David Koechner
USA
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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
The Perfect Game (2009)
Kristen Wiig
USA
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The Martian (2015)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Cedric Yarbrough
USA
Best movies:
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Quinn Shephard
USA
Best movies:
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Midnight Sun (2018)
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Rob Riggle
USA
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21 Jump Street (2012)
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Dave Allen
USA
Best movies:
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American Pie (1999)
Veronica Mars (2014)
Ben Falcone
USA
Best movies:
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Enough Said (2013)
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Tony Hale
USA
Best movies:
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Toy Story 4 (2019)