Customer Reviews

Blizzard

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I have to admit I'm a sucker for gooey holiday movies, and there will probably be some of you out there who find BLIZZARD a tad too coy and sentimental. BUT it's message is a good one---friendships last forever, even when the friend is not around. The fake snow looks lovely and Christopher Plummer is pictured as a Father Christmas type eschewing the traditional red and white suit for the long, beautifully fashioned coats. Zoe Warner is a delightful young leading lady; Kevin Pollak seems to have fun with his semi-villainous role; Brenda Blethyn is a charming storyteller and Whoopi Goldberg gives Blizzard enjoyable life. Whether it's excellent film-making or not (ROOTS LeVar Burton directed with a cameo as a nightwatchman), it brought both smiles and a tear or two. And that's what I like in my Christmas movies. Merry Christmas!

For my money, this movie should become a Christmas classic. Terrific performances from Brenda Blethyn and Kevin Polack. Christopher Plummer is perfect as Santa Claus, and Zoe Warner is a major find. For his first feature film, LeVar Burton has delivered a real gem. A great movie to watch with the whole family.

I was very happy to add this movie to our Christmas movie collection. This is very warm and wonderful family movie with a great message. Sure to quickly become a holiday tradition.

Finally a modern movie with the the old quality charm and warmth of the older classics! Once you begin watching, you won't want to stop until you have seen it all. It has everything that you could want in a movie: suspense, warmth, a plot that will surprise and amaze you, happiness, tears, and a surprise ending. Now for the bonus. There is no foul language or inappropriate content. All ages can watch this film together. This is one DVD that my family will probably wear out.

This was a wonderful, magical movie. My sister & I loved it. I liked how Katie learned about friendship and I liked the ice skating. The North Pole was cool. Blizzard was funny, but she really cared about others. We watched it during a heat wave, but can't wait til Christmas to watch it again.

This is a cute holiday movie. I think families with younger children (ages 4-14)
will enjoy it most. Worth adding to your favorite holiday collection.

This is a fantastic Christmas movie for young girls who still believe in Santa. I am going to give you a bit of a PLOT SPOILER review since I suspect parents do the buying. Jessie is sadden by her best friend Bobby moving away. She is moping and crying. The parents decide to bring in Aunt Millie to help. She arrives the day before Christmas and is dressed like the eccentric aunt in "Bewitched." To make Jessie feel better, she tells her about a story of a girl named Katie. Katie loved to skate and was taught by an Olympic gold medalist. She was his only pupil. When the mill closes down, Katie's family moves to the city where she is tormented by a gang of girls who also skate. Meanwhile at the North Pole a magical Reindeer is born who sounds a bit like Whoopie Goldberg. As a magical Reindeer, Blizzard seeks out Katie, whose sadness she feels in her heart.She helps Katie through this difficult time and gives her the courage to skate in front of her gang of bullies. Eventually through a series of events the rival girls become friends and Blizzard goes back to the North Pole. Jessie stops moping and goes outside to make a new friend. This is a great heartwarming story about friendship.

I am not sure how this movie slipped under the radar. It is one that should be shown on TV every year along with Christmas Story. Perhaps the reason the movie is not more popular is that it does seem to target the young female audience. Even the "bad guy" who enforces the rules is likable. Santa is slightly deaf in a funny sort of way. He hears things slightly off.

Highly recommended. And Aunt Millie...well let's just say her middle name begins with the letter "K."

This is definitely a must have for a Christmas movie. It has more substance than a Hallmark "made for TV" movie. But it is not like "It's a Wonderful Life" or " A Bishop's Wife" with Cary Grant. I am very picky about Christmas movies. I have found many Amazon reviews to be overly optimistic when it concerns Christmas flicks. Generally I try to rent them on Netflix before I commit to buying. However, this movie (with voice over by Whoppi Goldberg) is really a step above the marshmallow movies and a step below the aforementioned oldie goodies. Yet, I highly recommend it for its charming qualities of a little girl who loves to ice skate, who is trained by a former Olympic Medalist. There is dynamic tension. There are teachable moments when you learn about Blizzard's ( Whoopi Goldberg) special empathetic qualities that make her the most special reindeer of all. Yet she pays a price for her deep concern. Yet she does the right thing anyway. However...there is homage to obeying authority even when she is doing the right thing she must come to terms with the rules of the North Pole. There is a dastardly antagonist. There is a parent out of work who is not concerned with the girl's skating when he loses his job and they have to move. There is a jealous rich skater bent on winning at all costs. There are things to work out here. As the film unfolds ribbon by ribbon we come to love certain characters. Only one character is not truly authentic. The doting Auntie has moments of dialogue that are not really believable. A small glitch. There is nothing really too sad in this film. Enough dynamic tension to keep the viewer ready and waiting for more story to unfold. I give it four stars not five because of the small glitch aforementioned but mostly because the story line is not as powerful as the oldies I mentioned in the beginning of the review. I would feel confident about showing this movie to my family of all ages.

As an educator I can honestly say that my students throughly enjoyed discussing kindness, friendship, honesty,and trustworthlness as some of our Character Traits within the curriculum within my school district. After watching "Blizzard" my students were able to have a visual of our discussion and apply it towards themselves and share their opinions during open discusss after viewing the movie.

I would recommend "Blizzard" to all and keep in mind that the movie can be watched at any given time; It is not a movie just for the Christmas Holidays.
Be Blessed!!!!

Remarkably good in every sense of the word. The implicit as well as explicit innocence of the movie is overwhelming. The story injected just enough reality to classify it as truely human in essence.