Product Details

• Actors: Lea Thompson, Andrew Airlie, Laura Mennell
• Directors: George Erschbamer
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MTI HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: November 10, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002N1AEVY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,350 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Sophie Kelly is a top-rated lawyer with three kids and a husband that take up all her time. All of her family and work stress comes to a chaotic halt at the shopping mall, days before Christmas, when she sees Santa and wishes for a different life. However, the grass is not always greener as a single, successful lawyer with her own firm and the most eligible bachelor vying for her attention. Freedom has its price as she realizes the sweet life is not so sweet and must race against time to find the true meaning of family and love before Christmas Day.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Family Approved?, November 30, 2009

By	Charles H. Thompson III - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie has a very good story line about being content with the life you have instead of wishing you had someone else's life. The one thing I want to mention is that the cover says, "Family Approved" and it really is not. The movie takes God's name in vain several times, characters say ass and hell, the main woman wears revealing clevage and short skirts, and there is a scene where a man in a towel is coming onto the main character to have sex with her. I am disappointed in the "Family Approved" seal that I have come to trust in choosing movies.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stinks, December 6, 2009

By	David H. Page "sincere" (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Please ...do not waste your money ...vulgar, bad acting and truly inapproriate for anyone under 18...very very disappointing. Family approved? Great actors gone bad

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cliche theme and lousy acting, December 20, 2009

By	D. J. Nardi "TurtleDom" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)

I hate to pile on, but The Christmas Clause certainly was a disappointment. The whole "It's a Wonderful Life" is just boring and cliche. It's become the theme of hundreds of other Christmas movies. Frankly, I think audiences are becoming sick of it. It's fine to preach that people should appreciate their lives, but adult life is more complex than shown in these films. The Christmas Clause tries too hard to preach the virtues of family life, but instead comes across as unoriginal. Part of the problem is that the acting is lousy. Lea Thompson sounds like she's repeating her lines rather than engaged in emotional dialogue. I just couldn't get excited about it or the story - especially when there are so many other great Christmas movies to watch, like It's a Wonderful Life.