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I'll Be Home for ChristmasRating:
Release Date: 09 November, 1999 Retail Price: $19.99 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (16 total) |
I'll Be Home for Christmas Reviews
boring
I used to think this film was okay but it's really lame. He's going home only cause he wants a car, shows you how greedy people in america are about christmas. They only care about the material goods they get out of the overrated season.
A True Christmas Lesson at it's Best
Unlike Mr. Baker from Santa Clarita, California who rated this item 2, I think this film deserves much more than that and Jake DOES learn the true meaning of Christmas; one just has to pay close attention and by-pass all the commercialism involved. Yes, he does start out self-seeking and free-wheeling but all that changes as he learns his hard lessons along the way. For one thing, it starts by him getting what he deserves; a punishment by some jocks leaving him out in the desert and so the hard lessons start here. From that point on, the true meaning of Christmas gets shown to him in various ways, and his hardships spawn some lessons: he willingly sacrifices race winnings for a good cause (even though the money was rightfully his), a failed marriage gets repaired, plus one can see that the porsche is all forgotten in a tender moment with little Esteban in the hospital who pines for his family-no one can convince me that Jake is not affected by that; he is and it shows. Finally when the lesson is fully espoused, it's remarkable how the climax is coupled with various holiday customs and traditions (Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza)esmeshed in the local parade plus a group of carolers almost overcome by the running sleigh. Then, as the time limit which determines if he'll receive the porsche approaches, he is in no hurry, but spends a few seconds with the girlfriend watching his family celebrate at the table through the window; hence, a sense of family fizzles through. When all is said and done he is not interested in the hailed porsche. All he then wants is a family ride on the sleigh. His lessons come hard, but he learns. Again, one has to get past all the commercialism to really get to the meat of this film, and this film should get all the accolades and the respected place of all the time-honored Christmas films of the past. I love Jonathan Taylor Thomas; he's a good actor and very handsome. But this is not the reason for my customer review. Unlike what other people may think or how they may view it, this is one of the best Christmas films to teach what Christmas is really all about.
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