One Magic Christmas

There are a lot of dark elements in this film, not to give anything away, but it's not your average uplifting Christmas movie. In fact, most of it is quite depressing. The film deals with a lot of grown up issues, but through the eyes of children (whose performances carry the film) But, it's a Disney film, so it's not totally depressing. The movie also features what I think is the best incarnation of Santa Claus ever to be captured on film, including a twist on Santa's elves.

Solid and unusually dark Christmas movie.

Actually turned out to be a pretty good Christmas*̣̥☆·͙̥❄‧̩̥࿌ིྀ྇˟͙☃️˟͙࿌ིྀ྇‧̩̥❄·͙̥̣☆*̣̥ movie.

A little dated but still a nice Christmas movie.

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What a weird movie. You have Mary Steenburgen, who evidently can't act, a creepy angel that talks to kids when parents aren't around, and alternate reality where a bunch of tragic stuff happens - kidnapping, murder, drowning - and a letterbox format which makes me think this movie was shown in theaters in 1985. Really surprised by the relatively good reviews. Maybe the mid 80s were a different time. Pros: Cool Santa, Elisabeth Harnois' first role at about age 6!