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Christmas is a time of enchantment... when a wondrous feeling, larger than life, captures the soul...but not for everyone. Academy Award-Winner Mary Steenburgen, stars as a young mother, Ginny Grainger, who is disillusioned with Christmas and finds its approach as adding only more pressures to an already stress-filled .. Read more

Starring Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Basaraba, Elisabeth Harnois
Director Phillip Borsos
Genres Children, Family

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One Magic Christmas

Christmas is a time of enchantment... when a wondrous feeling, larger than life, captures the soul...but not for everyone.

Academy Award-Winner Mary Steenburgen, stars as a young mother, Ginny Grainger, who is disillusioned with Christmas and finds its approach as adding only more pressures to an already stress-filled existence. Thanks to the unshakable faith of her young daughter, Abbie, and a guardian angel named Gideon (played by Harry Dean Stanton), Ginny's spirit of hope and Christmas is re-kindled through a miraculous yuletide experience in which she sees what life would be like if Christmas did not exist.

Starring Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Basaraba, Elisabeth Harnois, Arthur Hill
Director Phillip Borsos
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Children, Family
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 29 Sep 2008
Production year: 1985

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    One suspects that the intention here was to put a modern slant on the Dickens tale A Christmas Carol. But quite how her husband's redundancy, impending homelessness and bankruptcy are supposed to rekindle the Christmas spirit in housewife Mary Steenburgen is anybody's guess. It takes a huge leap of faith for anyone to believe that an angel with an uncanny resemblance to Harry Dean Stanton can do much to rectify the situation, but this is Disney, so prepare for take off. Earnestly played and efficiently directed by Philip Borsos, but far too downbeat for the festive season.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Decidedly downbeat Christmas fantasy: daddy gets drowned, mother is a nut, and the angel looks like a tramp. Santa Claus puts in an appearance for a happy finale, but It's a Wonderful Life should sue for plagiarism.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    too violent

    My kids and I saw this when it was new at the theatre. It's too violent for small children. Showing how loss of a job can cause fighting between parents is ... more

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      • Posted 01 Nov 2005 16:15

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    Rated - 3.0 stars

    too violent

    My kids and I saw this when it was new at the theatre. It's too violent for small children. Showing how loss of a job can cause fighting between parents is ... more

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      • A customer from Birmingham
      • Posted 01 Nov 2005 16:15

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      • Christmas is a time of enchantment... when a wondrous feeling, larger than life, captures the soul...but not for everyone.

      Academy Award-Winner Mary Steenburgen, stars as a young mother, ...