I'll Be Home for Christmas

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Summary: It's No "It's a Wonderful Life"
Review: I thought this movie sent many wrong messages - abandoning someone in the dessert, lying about volunteering at children's hospitals, delivering donor organs, etc. to get what one wants, the materialism of the quest of a Porshe, handing out stolen merchandise to children, the list goes on and on! I can see how this movie would be appealing to teenagers but I do not think this sends the right Christmas message.

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Summary: Do you have to listen to critics?
Review: I'll Be Home For Chirstmas stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a college student who tries to get home to New York. Do you have to wait until it is almost chirstmas to pull out christmas books, cds, movies and others and when christmas is over put them away for about 365 days? Who is cares when you watch this film?

Jake (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is a college student. So be plans to ditch going home and go to a special event and bring his girlfriend named Allie (Jessica Biel) with him. But she wants to go with him. So Jake's father (Gary Cole) calls him when he finds out about Jake's plan in ditching going home and tells him that he'll give him this flancy car if he makes home for christmas by 6:00 P.M on Christmas Eve.

So Jake changes it back in for two tickets to New York. And askes Allie to go with him. He tells her he has changed his mind beause she talked him into going home. Jake is planning to ditch because his father has remarried 10 months after his mom died. But Jake stands her up, and it is not even his fault. His rival named Eddie (Adam LaVorgna) and his gang has dressed him up into a santa suit and dumps him off into the desert. Eddie offers Allie a ride home with him. She agress. Not a smart move! Jake calls home and his father doesn't belive that he got dressed into a santa suit cause I guess Jake has done stories before.

The movie has songs from Cherry Popin' Daddies to ' N Sync. And Elvis Presley fands. Disney has added Elvis Presley sing Here comes Santa Claus.

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Summary: An Annual Christmas Treat
Review: I'll Be Home for Christmas has joined our family's stack of videos to watch every Christmas, along with White Christmas, Pee Wee's Christmas Special, the Good Neighbors Christmas Show, and A Charlie Brown Christmas.

The cross-country trip with a deadline and a host of offbeat characters along the way is a time-honored and successful formula. Although I was afraid Jonathan Taylor-Thomas's Jake would be too smarmy and smug to be a character you could root for, he manages to take the edge off just enough so that we are pulling for him to make it.

The grannies going to Vegas to see Tom Jones ("Santa yammied in my purse!"), the state trooper and his cow-eared waitress at the Turf 'n' Turf steakhouse, even the bouncing Santa head during the credits -- easy to take Christmas fun.

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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: I'll Be Home For Christmas is a great movie for the whole family! My mom and I really enjoyed it. I thought it was romantic, cute, and funny. Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel really shined in their roles. My favorite scene is when Jake and Allie are sitting in the sleigh together. I also liked how Jake changed from stuck up to sweet. I am planning on buying this movie but where's the soundtrack? I thought the music was great! My favorite song is "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" by 'N Sync. If you haven't seen this movie, buy or rent it today. You're missing a great movie!

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Summary: A Fantastic Movie to watch
Review: I'll be home for christmas is a great movie to watch during Christmas. I found that JTT played his character as 'Jake' well he was 'funny and imaginative' during those bad luck times he had gotten into during the movie. Other actors such as jake's girlfriend , eddie, and jake's sister were the most remembered characters. Call me stupid but I would have had Tim Allen Play the Father maybe because i have been watching too much home improvement i expect Tim to pop out. you know instead of the the porsche it could of been the 'Hot Rod' Tim and Jonathan were building During Home improvement. But in summary a great movie to watch during Xmas.

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Summary: A Christmas Favorite!
Review: In 1998, movie makers came out with another Christmas classic and it was phenomenal. Johnathan Taylor Thomas played an excellent role in this film as the teenage Santa Claus. The movie is funny, hilarious and full of holiday fun. Your Christmas collection isn't complete without this.

The movie starts out in California at college where we meet Jake (Thomas) who is planning a vacation on the beach with his girlfriend (Jessica Biel) instead of going home like she wants to. So when Jake calls his family and tells him he's not planning on coming home, his father (Gary Cole) bribes him to come home. He promises Jake if he comes home, he can have the Porsche his father restored. Now he's going home! The problem is, his college rivals play a prank on him and leave him stranded in the desert with nothing and wearing a Santa costume.

So to get home, he hitches a ride with a theif who almost killed him with his van while Jake was walking on the side of the road. Then he comes accross a cop who asks Jake for help in getting his wife back. Jake does it because the cop promises to give him a bus ticket home if he succeeds. It's hilarious how Jake does it. Then, while at the bus station, Jake sees on TV his girlfriend with Eddie, who stranded him in the desert. "I'll kill him!" So he chases down Eddie and then ends up stranded again. So he enters a Santa Claus race and the winner gets money. Of course Jake wins because he's competing against old fats guys.

I'll let you see the rest. How will he find a way to get home? "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is a holiday classic. Johnathan Taylor Thomas played the best role of his career to date in this movie. He was funny and hilarious. The movie really gets you into the holiday spirit. It always worked for me and it will work for you. Merry Christmas!

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Summary: THIS MOVIE WAS SOOO GOOD YOU HAVE TO GET IT.
Review: IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I HAVE SEEN.IT WAS FUNNY,CUTE,AND REALLY REALISTIC.I LIKED HOW HE WAS THIS BIG JERK BUT THAT ALL CHANGED AS THE MOVIE WENT ON.THE ONE AND ONLY THING I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS MOVIE WAS JESSICA BEIL I AM NOT SURE WHY I DON'T LIKE.SHE COMES OFF SORT-OF SNUBY WELL THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.

P.S.JONATHAN LOOKED SOOOO HOT.

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Summary: Jonathon Taylor Thomas Tries, But He Can't Save This Film
Review: Jake has no interest in coming home for Christmas and spending it with his dad, sister, and step-mother. But when his father promises him a Porsche if he's there by Christmas Eve dinner, Jake decides to spend the holidays with them. Only things aren't that simple. A scheme to help some jocks cheat on a final backfires, and he finds himself in the desert in a Santa costume. Now, he must use all his wits to get from California to New York before the deadline.

I remember thinking this film would be fun when it first came out. I was wrong then, and watching it again didn't change my mind. The problem is with Jake. Watching the guy lie and scheme his way across the country for an hour and a half to get a car is hard to watch. You're supposed to be rooting for him, but he's so despicable you want him to fail. And his supposed change of heart at the end is too little too late to redeem him. Because of this, the funny situations along the way aren't as funny because you don't care about the character.

Frankly, I find this disappointing because I do enjoy Jonathon Taylor Thomas's work. He's a good actor, but he can't raise the level of the comedy above poor. If you want to get into the spirit of the season, skip this and watch many of the other, better holiday themed movies available. You'll be glad you did.

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Summary: Jonathon Taylor Thomas Tries, But He Can't Save This Film
Review: Jake has no interest in coming home for Christmas and spending it with his dad, sister, and step-mother. But when his father promises him a Porsche if he's there by Christmas Eve dinner, Jake decides to spend the holidays with them. Only things aren't that simple. A scheme to help some jocks cheat on a final backfires, and he finds himself in the desert in a Santa costume. Now, he must use all his wits to get from California to New York before the deadline.

I remember thinking this film would be fun when it first came out. I was wrong then, and watching it again didn't change my mind. The problem is with Jake. Watching the guy lie and scheme his way across the country for an hour and a half to get a car is hard to watch. You're supposed to be rooting for him, but he's so despicable you want him to fail. And his supposed change of heart at the end is too little too late to redeem him. Because of this, the funny situations along the way aren't as funny because you don't care about the character.

Frankly, I find this disappointing because I do enjoy Jonathon Taylor Thomas's work. He's a good actor, but he can't raise the level of the comedy above poor. If you want to get into the spirit of the season, skip this and watch many of the other, better holiday themed movies available. You'll be glad you did.

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Summary: the greatest movie
Review: Jonathan Taylor Thomas is a great actor.Jessica Biel was a actor but jonathan taylor thomas was so cute!!!!!