I'll Be Home For Christmas

1997
6.3| 1h34m| G| en| More Info
Released: 23 December 1997 Released
Producted By: Jaffe/Braunstein Films
Country: United States of America
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Christmas romance about long-separated high school sweethearts who find each other again after 20 years. She's never married and is a smalltown mayor; he's a widowed doctor and single dad who's come back to visit his father for the holidays and is pressured to stay because there's need for a local doc.

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

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Director

Jerry London

Production Companies

Jaffe/Braunstein Films

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I'll Be Home For Christmas Audience Reviews

GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
meloda For a made-for-TV movie, this is very good. Don't expect a classic, but it's very heartwarming and touching for a family to watch around the holidays. A man (Robert Hayes) comes home to his hometown with his preteen daughter (the talented and beautiful Ashley Gorrell, always one of my favorites as a kid and my first childhood celebrity crush!) who is very adorable in this movie and plays her part very well. Hayes is always very talented and a good dad in every movie he's been in, and this is no exception. He plays a very good man who returns to his hometown and gets reacquainted with many people. He has created himself a new life in his new town, and faces a lot of transitions when returning home. This leads to a lot of confusion for the man, being a widower and single dad. He faces a lot of choices and challenges in the process to make possible life changes. All everyone wants is for a Merry Christmas in this dying small town, which creates a lot of confusion and difficulty for many. A lot of surprises happen along the way to throw many expected things off course. Every character is very likable, however, and it leads to a very positive ending.Being from a small and dying town myself, I can relate a lot to it; and only wish such things could end so well in my area. This movie is well worth watching around the holidays if you are in the mood for a good spirit and good family time. No classic, but enjoyable if one keeps expectations low and realizes it's just a TV movie.
Gatto Nero Just another run-of-the-mill,Hallmark-like,tear-jerker Xmas movie.It's set up so syrup-like, especially the music, that it had me looking at my watch. (not a good sign). You know exactly how it's gonna end way before the ending and that to me just doesn't make for good movie watching experience.This would have been a great half hour episode of some Christmas show But you can't really get all the dynamics of the storyline in that time frame either.Everyone involved especially the main stars, Ann Jillian, Robert Hays, Ashley Gorrell and the late great Jack Palance were good.I definitely could see the beautiful Ann Jillian as the mayor and vet of the small Mayberry-like town and the always reliable Robert Hays as a surgeon who has lost his confidence and courage in himself and comes back to this his hometown and try to find himself, The young Ashley Gorrell did OK as his daughter and the wonderful late Jack Palance as grandpa Bob was a special treat.I did not care for the falseness of the towns people who because they need a doctor, act like they so much care for the Hays character so he will stay on. I just feel the hypocrisy of the people and they act like that because of what they want. If they didn't need Hays, they would have care less he was back in town type of deal. All fake for me. All in all not a bad film but for me a one time viewing only type of deal. So , get a box of Kleenex and warm up the hot chocolate and marshmallows, and see it for yourself.
citizenjerry I liked this movie a lot for its old-fashioned romance and watching Mike come to realize just how important home and family are to the soul of man.Gee willikers! It's just a movie. I hear plenty of people criticize every movie or TV show because "that's not how real cops would do it" or "that's not how real doctors would do it." Do we criticize a movie about time travel because that's not how it's done in real life? The magic of movies can only work when we're willing to suspend our disbelief and let the movie create its own reality.So rather than negatively comparing movies to real life, I think we should just enjoy the film for what it is. And this one has a real sweetness to it.
WstPhxMom I adore Christmas movies and had hoped this one would be another to add to my long list of "must watch" movies during the Christmas season. Unfortunately, it wasn't.Spoiler follows----The story line, while plausible in some aspects (small towns without physicians) became so unbelievable that I spent the second hour shaking my head and muttering "no way" under my breath. I am an ER RN and there was not one iota of accuracy anywhere in the climax of this movie. The ER physician couldn't seem to decide whether his still speaking patient was in "cardiac arrest" or in "tachycardia" since he stated "cardiac arrest" first. All the while the actual rhythm shown on the monitor was atrial flutter. No physician would ever be allowed or presume to take over a surgery on his own family member. It is unethical at the least. A stranger wouldn't be told anything about a staff physician by the admin of the hospital, especially medical information about the physician's "panic attacks" unless she came armed with a subpoena. These were just a few of the completely unbelievable moments. There was so much potential to this movie but unfortunately because of the above, my recommendation is to pass this one by.