Product Details

• Actors: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, James Remar
• Directors: Les Mayfield
• Writers: John Hughes, George Seaton, Valentine Davies
• Producers: Bill Ryan, John Hughes, William S. Beasley
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005NOM0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,863 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Miracle on 34th Street" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miraculous!, December 31, 1998

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This review is from: Miracle on 34th Street (1994) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Few remakes do justice to the original classic and even fewer improve on it. This one does both. Mara Wilson is wonderful and gives a once in a lifetime performance. In an effort to put a twist on the original they changed the scene where Santa speaks a foreign language to a child come to sit on his lap and instead he uses sign language to speak to a hearing impaired child. The result is a very touching scene. John Hughes has done it again!

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine remake, December 3, 2003

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A. Quinlan (Livonia, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miracle on 34th Street (DVD)

Let me say two things.
1. I love old movies.
2. I mistrust remakes.
However, I loved this remake. It has become a regular part of our Christmas for the past 10 years. My wife loves it and I do as well. Get it now!!

34 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every bit as good as the original in my opinion, December 10, 2000

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Teddy Bird (Deer Creek Mesa, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miracle on 34th Street (DVD)

I love that this remake didn't sell out very much, and put in too much modern stuff. It is very successful in keeping a "traditional" feel, with only a few exceptions. Mara Wilson is absolutely delightful and classic in her performance, and I really like Elizabeth Perkins' reproduction of the original role. And Dylan McDermott, whom I typically find very flat and dull, is sweet and charming as the sincere bachelor attorney with an eye for Perkins.

Richard Attenborough is amazing as Santa, at least as good as the formidable original. The scene in the original featuring Santa visiting with the Dutch war refugee girl is replaced in this remake with Santa visiting with a little deaf girl. The scene in the original is about as sweet as any scene in any movie ever, and the remake is even sweeter! The deaf girl's face, when Santa talks to her in sign language, is absolutely worth the price of this DVD.

The only real weakness for me was the John DeLancie and Jane Leeves part of the movie, as two "evil" agents for the "enemy" department store (where all the upper management wears all black). They reminded me of Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern from "Home Alone" -- sort of bumbling bad guys in a bad cartoon sort of way.

So all in all, I really think that this version is as good or better than the original, which is simply too dated in a few respects for me to be able to enjoy unconditionally. I think both of them are definitely worth owning.