Movie #1120 "Wish Upon a Christmas" is a cute story that doesn't go to extremes to get the magic or its point across. Likable three actors: the owner of the ornament factory, his son, and the woman he used to date who has come to the factory to make cuts so the company doesn't belly up. That usually means firing people, so they aren't happy to meet her. To be likable, and yet fire people, is something the actress/character is able to be ---- and the guy is a regular guy, easily identifiable with almost anyone we know. Except that he has baggage he carries around --- his wife has been dead for three years (or so) and he is trying to raise his son on his own. By the end, lessons have been learned by the characters AND the audience, and there is left a warm feeling toward xmas! Who could ask for anything more in a Hallmark Christmas film! (Just some clunky dialogue kept it from being a 5 for me!)
WISH UPON A STAR -- t.v. movie 2015 I would give it 4 out of 5 stars
A widower's son asks Santa for someone special for his dad. Meanwhile, his Dad's old high school sweetheart, now a successful corporate actuary, comes to town to shut down his factory and the major employer in the charming old-fashioned town. With a little help from a distinguished old man with a white beard mysteriously come to town looking for a lost bauble, everyone gets their happy ending.
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