Friday 30 April 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHASING CHRISTMAS (2005)

 


This movie is not just another adaptation of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”, this one offers us a refreshing twist.

It’s touching, funny, and sentimental without being syrupy, it offers the viewer a message of the importance of family without the usual boring message that normally accompanies it.

The film is set in a world where Christmas is run by the efficient Bureau of Yuletide Affairs, and they supply the “Ghosts”.

The target is an embittered miser Jack Cameron (Tom Arnold) and a bitter and burned-out Ghost of Christmas Past (Leslie Jordan) is given the case but he decides to go AWOL while on the “mission” and leave his target Jack and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Andrea Roth) stranded in 1965 with hilarious results.

Tom Arnold delivers a believable performance, but Leslie Jordan is outstanding and steals the show even though Andrea Roth is adorable and holds the whole thing together.

If you want a Christmas movie to be different and unexpected, then this is the one for you.


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