Made in a very nice way musicaly, but the acting by the cast are extremely amateuristic, somewhat stiff and fumbling, the story jumps from death to death and sorrow to sorrow, and have a mix of fractions from other yulseason classics from the past.

because its a musical, and if it had been made in the 1970's it would have pressed to impress, but its not up to date wether productionwise or technically- what i enjoyed the most where to hear the voice of angela landsbury again, my gawd i envy those who have such great great great grandmother at hand. she is the narrator of the story, and makes it some kind of vivid and entangeling dreamlike.

so if you can accept some broken leg acting and a musical of the past then have a look, its not a strong mobie, but will touch the hearts to those who are mature enough, and are able to read between the lines. the grumpy old man thinks 5 is a maks.

This movie may have been low in budget but it was big in heart. The music that director Tim Janis composed for this film is nothing short of amazing and captivating. It's an endearing tale about the power of believing even through the struggles and devastation of life. This movie is the perfect family film with the heart of the holidays. Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury are truly remarkable as usual. All around great cast with a very talented young girl who plays the main character Annabelle. Loved seeing Paul Greene from the Hallmark Channel in here, he's great!! Wonderful film!

Yeah, although I truly dislike what falls under christmas movie section, well... Katie McGrath it seems has a wonderful way of making you watch whatever she starred in... And if it was not for her appearance in the movie.... Otherwise, this is truly truly badly done and badly assembled movie, not even the fabulous cast could have saved it...