Unaccompanied Minors (2006)

It was adapted from a story originally told on NPR's This American Life. It was directed by the creator of Freaks and Geeks, who has also directed episodes of zeitgeisty TV shows including "Arrested Development," "30 Rock," "Mad Men," and "Weeds." And since said director, the great Paul Feig, is also a co-executive producer of "The Office," Unaccompanied Minors features cameos from Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak, along with "Arrested Development" alum Jessica Walter and, like, half the cast of "The Daily Show."

But for all its pedigree, Unaccompanied Minors is made even worse by the amount of talent wasted on it. In fact, if I didn't know who Paul Feig was, I would think Unaccompanied Minors was just another lame, lazy, soulless, depressing movie about the holidays. Lewis Black, the actual worst thing that has even happened to "The Daily Show" (yes, this includes Dan Bakkedahl) stars as the head of an airport where a group of unsupervised children are trapped on Christmas. This is one of those movies where the adults are unnecessarily mean because they're adults and the kids are unnecessarily rowdy because they're kids. Horrible hijinks ensue.