I tried to like this film. So much so that after watching it 20+ years ago and not liking it, I tried it again today. Unfortunately I came to the same conclusion. And I really do love a good Christmas movie...but this is not it for me.
Sam Elliott is always great, as is Cloris Leachman, who was grossly underused in this film.
The beginning of the film has a classroom full of kids singing. You hear one loud, gratingly annoying voice in the crowd...this is your child heroine of the whole film, and this scene sets the tone for her throughout. Possibly the most annoying child character I have ever run across in all of film. She's loud, interrupts people, doesn't get out of the way of oncoming cars, hardly ever does what her Dad says, has an attention span of about 2 seconds and is not the sharpest tack in the box. Her character is incredibly hard to like.
It's unfortunate, because this really did have potential, and I suppose it was played as it was written. Had the little girl been more endearing and less "fingernails on a chalkboard", it would have been a much better movie.
It felt like Prancer was tentatively grateful for her help, but couldn't wait to get out of there, and I couldn't blame him.
Like it or not, I do always attempt to give an honest and thoughtful review, so if this earns a downvote, it is nothing but a difference of opinion.
Sam Elliott is always great, as is Cloris Leachman, who was grossly underused in this film.
The beginning of the film has a classroom full of kids singing. You hear one loud, gratingly annoying voice in the crowd...this is your child heroine of the whole film, and this scene sets the tone for her throughout. Possibly the most annoying child character I have ever run across in all of film. She's loud, interrupts people, doesn't get out of the way of oncoming cars, hardly ever does what her Dad says, has an attention span of about 2 seconds and is not the sharpest tack in the box. Her character is incredibly hard to like.
It's unfortunate, because this really did have potential, and I suppose it was played as it was written. Had the little girl been more endearing and less "fingernails on a chalkboard", it would have been a much better movie.
It felt like Prancer was tentatively grateful for her help, but couldn't wait to get out of there, and I couldn't blame him.
Like it or not, I do always attempt to give an honest and thoughtful review, so if this earns a downvote, it is nothing but a difference of opinion.