This film is based on
the New York Times best-selling novel by award-winning author Wally Lamb and is
a slice of vivid 1960s life, a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates the
“look how far we've come” philosophy. It takes place in1964 in the small town
of Three Rivers, where Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff) is a Catholic school
fifth-grader at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School.
And his only claim to
fame is his cousin Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez), the famous Mouseketeer
and teen movie queen.
But grammar and
arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals
of substitute teacher Madame Frechette (Molly Ringwald) and feisty Russian
student Zhenya Kabakova (Siobhan Cohen) and Felix’s world is turned upside down
in this witty and endearing Christmas offering.
Annabella Sciorra puts in a great performance as his ma and Meat Loaf is outrageous as Monsignor Muldoon which just adds to the overall quality.
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