Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
edwagreen
Bruce Davison directed this mess. How many Culkin brothers are there? They all look the same with the dead-pan face image.Anyway, this film is far from good because there are so many angles and sub-plots which could be used here.Davison co-stars as a psychologist. When Culkin realizes what happens to him, you would think that the former would begin a relationship with the aunt.Even the late Edmund Gwenn would have been annoyed with the idea regarding Hume Cronyn. Is he or isn't he Santa Claus. This premise was both idiotic and foolish. You know that Adam Arkin is no dentist when he is packing heat.Cronyn's antics were all done so as to help the recently orphaned Culkin? Come on. This is not holiday fantasy, it's more like holiday misery.All that was needed was for the aunt to want to be a lounge singer. The whole situation was ridiculous at best.
blankpage-1958
I just wanted to thank Pretifly and Paula-15! I wrote the script. And, to give credit where it's due: I didn't write that last fade-out; the director came up with it on location.Anyhow: it just means a lot to have strangers give such ideal reviews. I thought you'd want to know your remarks got to the source, and really mattered to me.
eastbourne17
This beautifully done movie has all the makings of a Christmas classic. As soon as it's available, I'm going to buy it. The writing, the acting, the photography (done in warm, glowing reds with touches of green), and the story are all perfect. It's done with taste,imagination, wit and subtlety.The movie is a perfect blend of reality (depicting real-life people and situations) with fantasy (the Santa angle)-- the two essential elements of a moving Christmas classic, in the tradition of Miracle on 34th St. and One Magic Christmas (underrated and unjustly neglected).Try by all means to see it while it's on this season. If you miss it, make sure you catch it next year.
Pretifly
Beautifully written balancing act. If you value words as much as you do effective visuals (cute kids, rumpled geezers, Sherilyn Fenn's loopy charms) you might enjoy this one as much as I did. And while it's not going to do anything to diminish a 10 year old's vision of Christmas, the film does a nice little roller-coaster number; keeping a tight grip and always staying on track to that wispy, fine line between Fantasy and Real Life. (Right through to the last fade out before the credits.)
