Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998 Video) User Reviews

Cute..

[Elizabeth-Bennet · 5/10 · 10 December 2006]

This was a cute movie. I watched it with my family a couple Christmas's ago and thought it was good. It tries to teach lessons about giving and selflessness, but they are still subtle enough to children that they will be intrigued by it.

The down side, I think, it how obviously fake some of the special effects are. But hey, it was made in 1998. You can't criticize it too much for that.

I don't think it will ever be as big as "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", but it is a nice movie to watch with family to get you into the Christmas season.

Spoiled brat ruins Christmas for Richie

[helpless_dancer · 5/10 · 28 February 2002]

After being sabotaged on his yearly Christmas run to the orphans home, Richie Rich begins feeling sorry for himself and wishes he was never born. What happens is a total surprise to the boy and leads to situation much worse than the one he was so upset over. Some of the acting was extremely bad as was much of the tale; so silly it was pretty much for kids only. The one truly bright spot was the beastly little Reggie Rich, a little snot I would take pleasure in permanently maiming.

same plot to a Classic Christmas Movie

[sandlot1992 · 4/10 · 27 May 2020]

This spin-off movie to the 1994 Macaulay Culkin movie has the exact same plot to the 1946 classic film "It's a Wonderful Life" in which Richie Rich (played by David Gallagher of Television's 7th Heaven) is the George Bailey character and Reggie Van Dough (played by Jake Richardson of Fudge and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves) is the Mr. Potter character. the story is awkward and ridiculous, the characters are okay since they were based off the Comic Book series by Harvey Entertainment who brought us Casper the Friendly Ghost and Baby Huey and even Eugene Levy plays a good role as Professor Keanbean and even Martin Mull and Lesley Ann Warren play a very good role as Richie Rich's parents and the last role of Keene Curtis as Cadbury before his death in 2002. so on and all this cheesy family christmas movie produced by the company that brought us Power Rangers is not to great and recommend seeing "It's a Wonderful Life".

Black Christmas

[writermangp · 1/10 · 28 July 2002]

This is the worst movie I ever remember seeing, and I've seen some pretty bad ones in my time... believe me. The acting isn't just bad, it's abysmal. Ludicrous. It's like the makers tried to make this film so it would be as awful and boring and silly as humanly possible. Caulkin's "Rich" isn't great, but it's a heckuva lot better than this drek. The people who made this ought to be banned from the film industry. The only reason this could have been made was for money: don't let it steal yours! Avoid this movie like a disease! Why?

Because it sucks like a black hole.

Lame

[Kingslaay · 2/10 · 6 December 2022]

What a terrible and ghastly film. Quite a blemish on the Richie Rich franchise. The plot is beyond ridiculous and absurd. How on earth did this film get the green light? Did they literally have so much money to throw around? The production values are terrible. We see such poorly put together special effects for explosions and various scenes, it is laughable. This film was made in 1998 but its production values are so bad we've seen better effects in the 60s. This was a chore to finish. What a way to insult a person's intelligence. If you value your brain cells do not watch this mess. This is time I will never get back.

The Vidiot Reviews...

[capone666 · 3/10 · 7 November 2012]

Richie Rich'$ Christmas Wish

You would think that being bitten by a radioactive $100 bill would be the basis of an affluent comic book character.

However, the only power the world's richest kid in this family-comedy possesses is that of financial persuasion.

After his envious cousin Reggie Van Dough (Jake Richardson) sabotages Richie Rich (David Gallagher) and his butler Cadbury's (Keene Curtis) sleigh, and slanders him around town, Richie uses a wish machine - cooked up by one of his scientists - to wish he'd never been born.

Trapped in a world where Reggie is now the richest and meanest kid in the world, Richie races to obtain the dinosaur fossil that will fuel this alternate realities disengaged wishing machine.

With a story that borrows heavily from superior seasonal fare and a cast of no names replacing the noteworthy originals, Richie Rich'$ Christmas Wish is bankrupt.

As for my Christmas wish: no Christmas until December 1. (Red Light)

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Richie Rich christmas wish

[Soheil_Mahdi · 3/10 · 19 September 2003]

Richie Rich christmas wish is a film about a 13-year old boy who had a cousin named Reggie. Reggie was very mean to Richie.... So one day Reggie did a embarrassing thing for Richie. So Richie wished in a machine that he was never born.

some familiar faces

[SnoopyStyle · 5/10 · 2 December 2022]

Richie Rich (David Gallagher) is the richest kid in the world. Professor Keenbean (Eugene Levy) has created a wishing machine from a dinosaur's wish bone. Of course, it goes badly. His wish is that he was never born. His bratty cousin Reggie Van Dough is the new richest kid in the world.

The fun of Richie Rich is his many gadgets and endless riches. I'm not saying that he's actually fun. Whatever fun is the ridiculous riches. The most fun in this one happens with the familiar faces who pop up. On a side note, Reggie looks a bit like Millie Bobby Brown. Otherwise, this is a not so fun straight-to-video.

Richie Rich must stop his mean cousin and save Christmas!

[daltonio823 · 7/10 · 23 December 2011]

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish is a 1998 direct-to-video sequel to 1994's Richie Rich. It was directed by John Murlowski and written by Jason Feffer, Mark Furey, & Rob Kerchner. It stars David Gallagher as the title character.

Richie Rich (played by David Gallagher) is the world's richest kid. On Christmas Eve, after playing with his friends, Richie visits his home scientist Professor Keanbean (played by Eugene Levy), who shows him his new Wishing Machine that only works on Christmas Eve. He tries it out, but it's not working right, so he goes to get ready to see his cousin who is visiting. He sees his very mean cousin Reggie (played by Jake Richardson) and heads off to a sleigh with his butler Cadbury (played by Keene Curtis) that they are going to drive to an orphanage and give gifts to all of the children there. However, Reggie sabotages the sleigh and it crashes, leaving everyone talking about how Richie Rich ruined Christmas. Richie runs home and wishes that he was never born and the Wishing Machine grants his wish! No one remembers who he is, but there is another problem. Reggie now lives in his mansion and has taken control of the town, leaving many homeless and threatening to cancel Christmas! Richie must do his best to find Professor Keanbean and his Wishing Machine before Christmas Eve is over or things will be stuck like this forever!

I actually had a lot of fun watching this movie. It's target audience was mostly children, so some of it is pretty predictable and childish. The acting isn't perfect, but it really isn't as bad as people say it is. David Gallagher was a great choice to replace Macauley Culkin, who played Richie in the previous film. I also thought that Keene Curtis did a really good job as Cadbury. Jake Richardson did a great job of making me absolutely hate his character! There really weren't any actors or actresses that I can say did a terrible job. Some of the special effects weren't too good, but I can't really criticize them for that as those were pretty much the best they could do at the time on a smaller budget.

All in all, I thought it was a really fun family movie, but I'm sure children would enjoy it the most. If you watch it, don't go in expecting a masterpiece, and I'm sure you'll have a good time!

k, no

[beansaregood · 1 July 2001]

Yes. lets give RAVE reviews on how GREAT of a movie this is! YES! Come ON, i'd learn much more, be more entertained and gain a greater I.Q. by watching teletubbies AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN! People like this should stop making movies and have troubles looking at themselves in the mirror without being disgusted and ashamed of the great mistake they have done to mankind. STOP! before you hurt again.

Angelic rich but always rich

[anthonyf94 · 4/10 · 22 August 2019]

Sequel of the most famous Culkin's Richie Rich, this movie try to mix the Christmas atmosphere and magic with the story of a millionaire kid. The narrative dialectic is based on the opposition between two rich kids, one pure badness and the other (Richie Rich) pure goodness about the use of richness. The Manichean fight is resolved, obviously, in favor of the second one, with the triumph of goodness, served also by the christmassy context: the moralistic construction is absolutely stereotyped and poor. Moreover, remains the problem that even if a rich man (or kid) can do good actions, he remains rich and we not.

David Gallagher is so cute!

[at80 · 10/10 · 24 November 2002]

The movie's only moderate but I like to show it to my kids. No violence, nice plot and captures the Christmas atmosphere. And David Gallagher definitely looks cute in ski bib overalls. I remember my youth every time I see this movie.

A fun Christmas flick, I say we need more Richie movies!

[inkblot11 · 7/10 · 23 May 2013]

Richie Rich (David Gallagher) is the world's richest kid. He has his own personal "inventor", Professor Keanbean (Eugene Levy) who has just presented him with a terrific snowmobile! Also, the young man has Cadbury (Keene Curtis), a one-kid valet to help him with anything and everything. Lucky lad! On the down side, Richie has an evil, jealous cousin, Reggie Van Dough (Jake Richardson) who is as mean as Richie is nice. Keanbean now shows Richie a brand new gadget. While it looks like a washing machine, its actually a WISHING machine. On Xmas eve, Richie can make a wish! But, before that, Richie is extremely excited to drive a sleigh, filled with toys, to the local orphanage. Its the first time the boy has been allowed to be the driver. However, Reggie foils the plan for, using a universal remote, Reg makes Richie crash into buildings and, finally, lose the toys over a cliff, where they explode! Feeling awful, Richie uses his wishing machine to ask that he had never been born. It's so! His parents don't know him, nor do the town folk, but his loyal dog, Dollar does. As Reggie takes over the whole community, including Richie's parents (Martin Mull and Lesley Ann Warren), will Richie be able to take back the wish and set right the havoc that Reggie has wrought? This is a fun flick for families at Christmastime. Based on a Sixties series of comic books, Richie is an entertaining character, with a Dalmatian with dollar sign spots! All of the actors do a nice job and the production looks great, with nice sets, costumes, and art direction. The script and direction create a lively movie, with plenty of action and effects. No, this viewer didn't see the original Richie, with Macauley Culkin. But, after taking on this one, all one can wish for is MORE Richie films, someday, sometime.

A great Christmas spirit movie!

[Snowy84 · 9/10 · 12 December 1998]

I'm a sap for happy ending Christmas stories and this is definitely one of them!

Jake Richardson stole the movie with his really bad moods!

[Guitar-8 · 8/10 · 4 November 2007]

It's not often that a villain steals the performance. Besides Margaret Hamilton (Elmira Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West), Jake Richardson falls into that category.

He plays the bratty Reggie Van Dough who threatens to be in a REALLY BAD MOOD! if he doesn't get his way. Maybe he should have dated Veruca Salt (Willy Wonka).

All in all, this holiday movie is awesome & David Gallagher did a better job than MacCauly Culkin in the title role.

Glad that Jake & David also did a 7th Heaven episode where Jake played a bad boy who had a gun. Maybe he should've told Simon to break up with his girl or he'd get into a REALLY BAD MOOD!

Not one black person

[tdkzgdtrbj · 23 December 2021]

Is it not weird not one person of colour is in this movie not Asian not black not Indian. They even replaced the black friend for a red head kid. Hmmm.