I'll Be Home for Christmas

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Summary: A Family Favorite Set for the Holidays
Review: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a movie that will live long in your hearts with the comic relief and the wonderful message the movie sends. Jonathan Taylor Thomas stars as Jake Wilkinson, a self-centered, scheming, New Yorker going to college in California. Jake's father has promised him a the family Porche if he can get home in time for Christmas dinner. Jake has everything planned out: two cozy plane tickets for him and his girlfriend, Allie (played by Jessica Biel). But then Jake finds himself pennilessly stranded in the Californian desert wearing a Santa suit with a hat glued to his head and a beard to his chin. Now Jake must befriend who ever he comes across in order to make his way east. From old ladies to a shopliffter, Jake is in for the sleigh ride off his life. Will Jake get home to New York in time to get his car or will he be stranded in the middle of nowhere for Christmas? The answer to Jake's problems lies within your hands: to buy, rent, or borrow "I'll Be Home For Christmas".

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Summary: Sure-to-become a Christmas classic comedy.
Review: "I'll Be Home For Christmas" stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas (of TV's "Home Improvement" fame), Jessica Biel (of TV's "7th Heaven" fame), Adam LaVorgna (also of TV's "7th Heaven" fame), and Gary Cole (of TV's "Family Affair" fame).

PLOT SUMMARY: In "I'll Be Home For Christmas", Jonathan Taylor Thomas plays Jake, a very minipulative student at a university in Los Angeles. His girlfriend, Alley (Biel), wants to go home for Christmas so she can spend the holiday with her family. Jake, on the other hand, wants to vacation with her somewhere tropical, away from his family--his father, played by Gary Cole, just got remarried ten months after Jake's mother died, and Jake isn't too happy about that. As a last chance for a desparate attempt to get Jake to come home, his father bribes him by telling Jake he can have the red Porsche car they had been working on, only if he can get home at exactly 6:00pm on Christmas Eve. Jake has already changed his plane tickets that his father sent him for New York, and Jake wants nothing more than the car. So greedily, he tries to get his girlfriend to come home with him, but she sees he doesn't really want to go home. When Eddie (LaVorgna), Jake's arch rival who also likes Alley, finds out that Jake is helping some jocks cheat on a test, he stops Jake's friend from helping them, and then tells the jocks that Jake did it on purpose so they would fail. Of course, the jocks get angry and want revenge. So, at a party, they confront him, and leave Jake stranded out in the middle of nowhere wearing nothing but a Santa Clause suit and pennieless. Now, it's up to Jake to find his way home so he can get the car...and he'll do whatever it takes--even if it's riding in a car with a bunch of old ladies or competiting in a Santa Clause race to win $1,000! Meanwhile, back at college, Eddie sees that Alley needs a lift home and offers her one. Reluclantly, Alley agrees. And while Jake is on the road, several times, he encounters Eddie and Alley and gets jealous at seeing the two of them together.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is a very funny film. The acting is great from the entire cast--especially Jonathan Taylor Thomas; he shines in the starring role. The storyline is light hearted and well-written. The special effects are good and the directing is excellent. This a good wholesome, family film, because it shows the true meaning of Christmas, while your family can laugh away at all the crazy things Jake does to try and get home. The DVD doesn't include much in the way of extras, and it is available in wide screen format.

I highly recommend "I'll Be Home For Christmas".

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89/100
B+

Rating:
Summary: A Family Favorite Set for the Holidays
Review: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a movie that will live long in your hearts with the comic relief and the wonderful message the movie sends. Jonathan Taylor Thomas stars as Jake Wilkinson, a self-centered, scheming, New Yorker going to college in California. Jake's father has promised him a the family Porche if he can get home in time for Christmas dinner. Jake has everything planned out: two cozy plane tickets for him and his girlfriend, Allie (played by Jessica Biel). But then Jake finds himself pennilessly stranded in the Californian desert wearing a Santa suit with a hat glued to his head and a beard to his chin. Now Jake must befriend who ever he comes across in order to make his way east. From old ladies to a shopliffter, Jake is in for the sleigh ride off his life. Will Jake get home to New York in time to get his car or will he be stranded in the middle of nowhere for Christmas? The answer to Jake's problems lies within your hands: to buy, rent, or borrow "I'll Be Home For Christmas".

Rating:
Summary: A Family Favorite Set for the Holidays
Review: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a movie that will live long in your hearts with the comic relief and the wonderful message the movie sends. Jonathan Taylor Thomas stars as Jake Wilkinson, a self-centered, scheming, New Yorker going to college in California. Jake's father has promised him a the family Porche if he can get home in time for Christmas dinner. Jake has everything planned out: two cozy plane tickets for him and his girlfriend, Allie (played by Jessica Biel). But then Jake finds himself pennilessly stranded in the Californian desert wearing a Santa suit with a hat glued to his head and a beard to his chin. Now Jake must befriend who ever he comes across in order to make his way east. From old ladies to a shopliffter, Jake is in for the sleigh ride off his life. Will Jake get home to New York in time to get his car or will he be stranded in the middle of nowhere for Christmas? The answer to Jake's problems lies within your hands: to buy, rent, or borrow "I'll Be Home For Christmas".

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Summary: ehh i've seen better
Review: All i can say is this isn't the best movie i've seen. It had a few humerous scenes; i suppose younger ones (young teens) would enjoy this movie more.

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Summary: Enjoyable family film
Review: I believe this was good family Christmas fun movie. I recommend

Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable family film
Review: I believe this was good family Christmas fun movie. I recommend

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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: I loved this movie, and no Im not some 12 yr old girl with a crush on jtt, I just think hes an awsome actor. Its about a colledge kid, Jake who needs to get home for Christmas if he wants his dad's porshe. But all of a sudden he wakes in a dedert wearing the santa uniform, then he starts the adventure home.

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Summary: a great movie for teenage girls!
Review: i saw this movie allready 7 times and i think its great and also adam lavorgna plays a great role and he does a great job. jtt also as really great in this movie and i would see it again and again. but i think its more aproppiate for teen age girls because its like a girl movie thats maybe why i like it it , but i also liked it because adam lavorgna was there. if you want to know why exactly e mail me too [e-mail]

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Summary: Family fun? Ummmm.........
Review: I saw this movie with my best friend last year for one reason: Someone I know actually told me that it was a great Christmas movie. So we went to see it. From the moment it started, I knew this wasn't going to be a Christmas classic. For one thing, it's supposed to take place in a college somewhere in L.A. For some reason, none of the teenagers in the movie even look like college students, they communicate with one another often using corny phrases such as, "Am I witnessing an overage of niceness here?", and, "If you try to feel me up, I am going to SLUG you!". I don't know anyone who talks like that, and I doubt that anyone does. There are so many things that are terribly wrong in this movie. For one thing, the plot revolves around this guy named Jake (Jonathon Taylor Thomas) who thinks he rules the universe. He is a snob, and everyone knows it, even his girlfriend. But, anyways, Jake's dad calls him up the day before Christmas and begs for him to come over for the holidays. Jake claims that he has more important things to do. Thats pretty low. His dad makes a pact with him. If he can make it home on Christmas Eve, his dad will give him the Porsce. He calls it a deal, and says that he will be there. What a nice son...NOT! The whole time I was thinking, "YOU IDIOT"! I know that if my parents wanted me to visit them on the holidays, I would drop everything I was doing, and I most definitly would go. But, Jake has a little problem. He forgot to give these students the answers to the school quiz that they were having. He had promised them that he would help them cheat. He forgets. They catch him, glue a Santa hat and beard onto his head, and throw him out into the middle of the desert. How sweet. How jolly. Anyways, Jake goes through hell and high water to get home, all the while learning the true meaning of Christmas! Awwww! I guess you already know how this is going to turn out, so I'll stop there. Just be prepared for bad acting, a bad plot, and goofs anyone can point out. Theres enough for everyone!