Product Details

• Actors: Loretta Swit
• Directors: Richard Crick
• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Regency Home Video
• Run Time: 60.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000B64HHK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,903 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Warm and wonderful holiday special stars Loretta Swit as the "caretaker" for several delinquent youngsters. How she keeps them in line while staging the town's annual Christmas play makes for a heartfelt story of love and faith. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

113 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Herdmans Strike Again!, December 15, 2001

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Donna (Poway, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Based on the children's novel by Barbara Robinson, with teleplay by the author of the book (hurray!), this video remains true to the book by the same name. A local church is doing the Christmas pageant for Christmas, and the family of 6 unsupervised, undisciplined children decide to get involved. They bully the other children so that they will get the main roles. Everyone is worried that this will be the WORST Christmas Pageant because the Herdmans are involved. The mother, played by Loretta Swit (MASH), shows patience and diligence, with unending hope that the whole thing will have a great ending. Despite the fact that I've been reading this book aloud to my elementary school students for years, I ended up in tears during the scene where Imogene discovers what Mary is all about. Definitely, OWN this video if you love what Christmas is really about!

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Christmas Pageant Movie Ever, August 21, 2003

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K. A. Hicks "Village Fan" (Anywhere, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Herdmans are the worst kids ever! They cuss, they smoke, they torture animals and people. AND they want to be in the church Christmas pageant, even though they have never heard the story of Christmas. This movie truly captures the true meaning of Christmas. See Faruza Baulk as a little girl as she narrates the story. I highly recommend reading the book first. It's a fast and easy read. It makes the movie SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great Christmas movie!!!, December 5, 2005

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P. Albright (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever DVD (DVD)

One of the great Christmas movies. The Herdman's really can teach you the true meaning of Christmas. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!!