Product Details

• Actors: Natalie Cole, Brian Bonsall, Marla Gibbs, Cecil Hoffman, Dwier Brown
• Directors: Delbert Mann
• Writers: Gary Stephens, J. Michael Riva, Julie Moskowitz, Robert Eisele
• Producers: Anthony Santa Croce
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303698433
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,764 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL-IGNORE THE PREVIOUS REVIEW!, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lily in Winter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm glad to find this Christmas movie starring Natalie Cole. I'd seen it a few years ago on cable & loved it. Though I haven't seen it since; I still remember the story of Lily, housekeeper for a wealthy white woman with a little boy(Brian Bonsall, the littlest Keaton on Family Ties). All hell breaks loose when Brian runs away to join Lily on her trip home for the holidays. His mom thinks Lily kidnapped the boy & reports it to the police. Get this video & see a great holiday story, see the end result for yourself & enjoy! Highly recommended!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL-IGNORE THE PREVIOUS REVIEW!, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lily in Winter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm glad to find this Christmas movie starring Natalie Cole. I'd seen it a few years ago on cable & loved it. Though I haven't seen it since; I still remember the story of Lily, housekeeper for a wealthy white woman with a little boy(Brian Bonsall, the littlest Keaton on Family Ties). All hell breaks loose when Brian runs away to join Lily on her trip home for the holidays. His mom thinks Lily kidnapped the boy & reports it to the police. Get this video & see a great holiday story, see the end result for yourself & enjoy! Highly recommended!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Take a Look, May 7, 2005

By 

K. Williams (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lily in Winter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What in this movie is anticipated? The coal-black complexion of Natalie Cole? The fact that she is the staring actress? (I kept waiting for her to break out in song.) Is it the bond the white child forms with his parents' servant? How quickly the mother of the child turns on this servant who is 'just like a member of the family?' Where Lily goes when trouble is suspected? How the boy reacts when he finds out? Her true relationship with family members? The eventual outcome of compounding transgressions?

Not much of what you see is expected. The fact that Natalie portrays an uneducated Southerner neutralizes anticipation for a dramatic performance with enough surprises to make the whole lesson in family ties worthwhile viewing.

(Natalie Cole has an unrelated album called "Take a Look." Interestingly, every song title has something to do with this movie.)