The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Name: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1983-12-05
Duration: 48 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Loretta Swit, Jackson Davies, Antony Holland

TV Movie
1983
48m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

818

YOUR RATING

Comedy Family

A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

818

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

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Loretta Swit in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)

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Trivia
Acting debut of Fairuza Balk.

Goofs
When Grace checks the sanctuary to see if people are filling it, Mrs. Clausing can be seen in the center of the shot in a brown blouse, waiting for the pageant to begin. A few shots after this she is greeted by the minister as she enters the sanctuary, with coat on, just ahead of Mrs. Herdman.

Quotes
Hobie: I don't know what shepherds wear.
Charlie Bradley: You have to wear your father's robe. That's what I have to do.
Hobie: He doesn't have a robe.
Charlie Bradley: What does he hang around the house in?
Hobie: His underwear.

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Featured review

7/10

Good Christmas film that could have used more depth

At 48 minutes length, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" just made the cut from a short to a feature length film. It's based on a 1971 children's novel of the same title by Barbara Robinson. While it may be true to the book, as some reviewers have noted, it's not the great film that some rate it. It is good, but just slightly different as a Christmas movie. There are some laughs, but no big surprise at the end. And, it is dated culturally.

I agree with one reviewer about the little information about the kids. This might have been a better flick with more time to show the character that made these kids the "worst" in the world. Without that, it's a stretch here. Some folks may still enjoy this film today, but there are many more, including some very funny films out there, for viewing over the year-end holidays. This is one of the first roles that Loretta Swit had as the long-running MASH TV series came to and end the same year, 1983.

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