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Summary: This movie will help you realize the true meaning of x-mas..
Review: Mary Steenburgen plays the part of the bitter and frustrated wife Ginny to perfection. I have never seen her play a role this before, it just truly shows what a great and versatile actress she is. The story is about a woman named Ginny who even when everyone else at Christmas seems bright and full of joy, she cannot even bring herself to say Merry Christmas. With money tight Ginny doesn't see why there is any need to be merry. She is the type of person who doesn't seem to appreciate anything she has especially her loving husband, and bright and imaginative kids. It isn't until one christmas when Ginny's daughter decides to do something about her mother to get her back into the christmas spirit and that's when she meets the kindhearted and wise angel Gideon played by Harry Dean Stanton. With the help of Gideon, and Santa Claus she is able to help her mom realize that she shouldn't take for granted everything she has and helps her realize the joy and magic of christmas that she knew when she was just a little girl. This is a beautiful movie and very well acted and with a very good message. Although there are some scenes which are too intense for younger kids like when Ginny's husband get's shot or her kids drown in the lake, but other than that this movie is something for young and old. It will help you realize the true meaning of christmas: family and just how special they are. One Magic Christmas truly is magical!
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Summary: One Magic Christmas
Review: My children and I were brand new in town and went to see One Magic Christmas years ago when it was showing in the theater. It has become a Christmas Eve tradition! My oldest is 22 and living on his own...the DVD version was one of his gifts this year. My 16 year old asked yesterday if we had plans for Christmas Eve. When I mentioned that we would be visiting friends, he said "Before or after One Magic Christmas" Wonderful movie that really puts things in perspective.
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Summary: A Family Tradition Treasure
Review: My three daughters and I watch this movie each Christmas season. What a wonderful story of Christmas Magic..that makes you want to believe. This really gets you in the spirit of the Holiday Season.
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Summary: Magic Indeed
Review: Next to It's a Wonderful Life, this is my favourite all time Christmas movie. It touched me in more ways than I ever imagined. It was filmed not far from where I grew up, so it has a special place in my heart. Watch for a little Sarah Polley in one of her first movie roles.
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Summary: Truly! What Christmas is all about!
Review: Not a sugar sweet holiday story, but one of reality that can be realized by many of us. The magic is in the innocence of the children in believing and loving from the heart - not the purse strings.There is a happy ending - and it reaches into the child in all of us. Believe!
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Summary: A Good Message on One Front
Review: One of those depressing Christmas flicks with a happy ending, this truly family movie has a good message about remembering what is really important in life. The main character, Ginny, is caught up in her her own problems and worries. She has lost her Christmas spirit and has forgotten how important her loved ones are to her. On a cautionary note, this film is different from other movies such as "It's a Wonderful Life" and "The Preacher's Wife" in that the angel seems to be a representative of Santa Claus, setting up good 'ol St. Nick to be a God-like figure. When tragedy strikes the family (not too much detail here so as not to spoil the movie if you haven't seen it yet) the angel takes Ginny's young daughter to Santa Claus. He tells her he can't solve her problem, but that her mother has the power to do it herself. The turning point in the movie left me wondering how it exactly happened, but it is a movie with a supernatural theme so this is part of the charm. Good acting by all the cast. A movie that the whole family can enjoy.
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Summary: A Peek into an Alternate Reality
Review: So many Christmas movies come at us at the end of November and December that I tape all of the Christmas movies and my wife and I work them in when we can. I taped this one from tv and we watched it 2 or 3 days ago. It was surprisingly good, better than we thought from the listed description. My wife enjoyed it in spite of her not liking too much fantasy and she hates anything that looks like time travel, or alternate reality. Harry Dean Stanton is a long time character actor acting in what must be almost 100 movies. I thought he looked more like the Shadow in my old comic books of the 40's than an angel but he pulled it off very well, performing a little magic now and then. The story was hard and realistic. Mary Steenburgen is one of my favorite actresses, having seen her in many movies, and is currently starring in "Joan of Arcadia," a popular series. She played a sad mom very convincingly. I did have to rewind a time or two to get the sense of when the alternate time changed. This is a movie you have to pay attention to while it is running. TV version.
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Summary: TRUELY MAGICAL
Review: There truely is no other way to describe "One Magic Christmas" expcept "Magical and Heartwarming" Disney PLEASE re-release this movie for those of us who would like to have Christmas any day of the year. Great performances by Harry Dean Stanton and Mary Steemburgen.
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Summary: OVERLOOKED Christmas Classic now on DVD !!!!
Review: This is a great OVERLOOKED CLASSIC movie to watch all year round especially during the holiday season. Now available on DVD in a WideScreen format!!
One Magic Christmas is a classic story about a struggling family who lost the Holiday Spirit and the mother the belief of "Merry Christmas". Through some hair raising events they regain their faith and belief in themselves and others.
In Summary: A Christmas Angel (Harry Dean Stanton) is sent to help a family re-discover the "Spirit of Christmas". The Angel uses the daughter (you'll love this 7 year old, Elisabeth Harnois - the cutest girl with the most adorable blue eyes) to help restore her mother's (Mary Steenbergen) lost Christmas Spirit and belief in "MERRY CHRISTMAS".
Through some tough choices & lessons the mother has her faith in her fellow man, family and the Christmas Spirit restored.
The Angel and the daughter's beliefs guide us through the events and we even get a trip to the "North Pole and see Mr & Mrs Santa Claus!!!! With the comfort and protection of the Christmas Angel our journey is both eye opening and satisfying.
A Christmas Classic to add to your DVD holiday collection.
This is "ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS" you won't forget!!!!!!!
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Summary: Believing Can Be Everything
Review: This is a movie that refects what stress and money can do to an individual around the holiday season, and how one persons actions can create a turmoil of events to themselves and those around them. When you think you are down and out, just watch this movie to see how wonderful life really is and the importance of believing. Enjoy, its a really good one!
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