Eve's Christmas (2004) (TV)

Director:

Timothy Bond

Writers:

Jeffrey Schenck (story)
Peter Sullivan (story)

Release Date:

6 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A wealthy and successful career woman gets a second chance in life when a magical wish transports her back in time eight years to when she walked away from her fiance to lead a business life in New York.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Wish | Second Chance | New York | Marriage

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Elisa Donovan	...	Eve Simon
Sebastian Spence	...	Scott
Cheryl Ladd	...	Diane Simon
Winston Rekert	...	William
Kavan Smith	...	Neil Barlow
Erin Karpluk	...	Mandy
Peter Williams	...	Brother James
James Kirk	...	Drew Simon
Jocelyne Loewen	...	Casey
Marlaina Stewartt	...	Gladdy
Lisa Bayliss	...	Debbie
Adam Battrick	...	Brian
Peter Hanlon	...	Clark Gustafson
Lori James	...	Tracy
Tabitha St. Germain	...	Dominique

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Eve and Scott are in the truck for the first time, when Eve opens the door, the window is open. However, when she shuts the door, the window is closed.

A Holiday Charmer

Not since 1980's Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, have I enjoyed as charming a film as Eve's Christmas. I even love the catchy title, transposing "Christmas Eve" to convey that the title character embodies, from a secular perspective, the essence of Christmas spirit. After each viewing, I am left with a tingly feeling that a person sometimes can be granted a second chance at love in the tender embrace of his or her soulmate.

Eve's Christmas, a fast-paced, sparkling fantasy, definitely is aimed at female audiences but, especially in these turbulent times, might find many fans among males. Not only do men also need a harmless escape now and then, but, like women, they are 10 pounds heavier after Thanksgiving and need a spiritual lift from the holiday blues (not to mention a distraction from their pockets becoming lighter).

I might add that the acting in the film is satisfactory, and I find that Cheryl Ladd (who portrays Eve's mom) is more attractive in her autumnal years than in her "Charlie's Angels" days -- or should I say, daze. I love the scene when mom and daughter sit in the living room, and Eve gets a chance to hear her mother confess that she had flirted once with the road less traveled.

Eve's Christmas reminds us all that, no matter how intellectual we have become as we age, the little girl (or boy) in all of us yearns for the miracle of What Could Have Been. Time-travel films, whether on TV or the big screen, are delightful vehicles for reaffirming the fluid, non-linear properties of romance. It does not matter -- logically or metaphysically speaking -- who the prince (or princess) turns out to be in these films, as long as love itself is the winner in the time-trek game. So, once again, like other chick-flick-loving gals, I await repeated airings in December of Eve's Christmas and other cable films of its ilk that transport me and you to that perfect dimension of time -- orchestra, please -- The Romantic Zone.