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If You Believe

  • TV Movie
  • 19991999
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
779
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Ally Walker and Hayden Panettiere in If You Believe (1999)
ComedyDramaFantasy
A jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old h... Read allA jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old helps adult Susan rediscover her inner child.A jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old helps adult Susan rediscover her inner child.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
779
YOUR RATING
    • Alan Metzger
    • Anthea Sylbert
    • Richard Romanus
  • Stars
    • Ally Walker
    • Tom Amandes
    • Hayden Panettiere
    • Alan Metzger
    • Anthea Sylbert
    • Richard Romanus
  • Stars
    • Ally Walker
    • Tom Amandes
    • Hayden Panettiere
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    • 27User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    If You Believe (1999)
    Ally Walker and Hayden Panettiere in If You Believe (1999)
    If You Believe (1999)
    Ally Walker and Hayden Panettiere in If You Believe (1999)

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    Ally Walker
    Ally Walker
    • Susan Stone
    Tom Amandes
    Tom Amandes
    • Tom Weller
    Hayden Panettiere
    Hayden Panettiere
    • Suzie…
    Meredith McGeachie
    Meredith McGeachie
    • Robin
    Andrew Tarbet
    Andrew Tarbet
    • Bob Stone
    • (as Andrew Target)
    Jonathan Welsh
    • Dylan Lewis
    Victoria Snow
    Victoria Snow
    • Dorinda
    Demore Barnes
    Demore Barnes
    • Mark
    Anna Starnino
    • Gloria
    David Talbot
    • Donald
    Richard Romanus
    Richard Romanus
    • Walter
    Paul Brown
    • Herbert
    Vik Sahay
    Vik Sahay
    • Doctor
    Marilyn Boyle
    • Aunt Nelly
    Maureen Cassidy
    Maureen Cassidy
    • Elizabeth Stone
    Geoffrey Bowes
    Geoffrey Bowes
    • George Stone
    Brittany Arrigo
    • Suzie-12 years old
    Maureen Kirkpatrick
    • Isabel
      • Alan Metzger
      • Anthea Sylbert
      • Richard Romanus
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    • Goofs
      Suzie is only supposed to be visible to Susan, but as they watch Tom playing trombone at the Christmas celebrations Suzie shouts "Merry Christmas everyone" and the girl standing beside her turns and looks at her.
    • Quotes

      Susan Stone: [to herself at age 7] I'm not talking to you. You're not here. Now put that necklace back, it isn't a toy.

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      We Wish You a Merry Christmas
      English traditional carol

      Published 1935

    User reviews27

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    7/10
    Not new - but nice
    Charming little movie with a breathtaking performance by Ally Walker. In her career, she embodied many different characters: she was wonderful as Sam Waters in PROFILER and she was funny as Josephine in HAPPY, TEXAS. She even made KAZAAM look like a good movie for me ! Furthermore Ally Walker was perfect as Veronica in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER and will always be Andrea Bedford from SANTA BARBARA for me.

    The part of Susan Stone in IF YOU BELIEVE was a challenge and a gift for Ally Walker. She demonstrates both being able to achieve success by playing a character she is not associated with (like Sam Waters from Profiler or Audrey Macleah from WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS) AND being able to carry a movie completely with her enormous charisma. She is wonderful ! Look the movie for her performance !

    The story is well-known. Stone-hearted and frustrated Susan, how is a reader, gets the chance to think about her ruined life. In her case it's herself appearing as a 7-year old girl and trying to show that life is worth living. Of course Susan changes into a nice person at the end. That's fun to watch. Perhaps there are little too many scenes for the fact that Susan can't believe that the little girl is actually talking to her. Sole complaint !

    Most of the time the girl, Hayden Panettiere, is good, but in some scenes she is just a little bit TOO overstated. That are the moments when you ask yourself WHY kids play in movies.

    Anyway, 7 out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1999 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hearst Entertainment Productions
      • Lifetime Television
      • Spring Creek Productions
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
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