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A Family Thanksgiving

  • TV Movie
  • 2010
  • TV-G
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Daphne Zuniga, Dan Payne, and Gina Holden in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
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A lawyer trying to make partner is shown the joys of living a more balanced life.A lawyer trying to make partner is shown the joys of living a more balanced life.A lawyer trying to make partner is shown the joys of living a more balanced life.

  • Director
    • Neill Fearnley
  • Writer
    • Emily Baer
  • Stars
    • Daphne Zuniga
    • Dan Payne
    • Gina Holden
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    969
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Neill Fearnley
    • Writer
      • Emily Baer
    • Stars
      • Daphne Zuniga
      • Dan Payne
      • Gina Holden
    • 13User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Daphne Zuniga in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Kirby Morrow and Gina Holden in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Kennedi Clements in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Kennedi Clements in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Dan Payne in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Dan Payne in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Daphne Zuniga in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Daphne Zuniga, Dan Payne, Nicolai Giustra, and Kennedi Clements in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Daphne Zuniga in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Daphne Zuniga and Kennedi Clements in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Daphne Zuniga and Kennedi Clements in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
    Daphne Zuniga and Dan Payne in A Family Thanksgiving (2010)

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    Daphne Zuniga
    Daphne Zuniga
    • Claudia
    Dan Payne
    Dan Payne
    • Bill
    Gina Holden
    Gina Holden
    • Jen
    Kennedi Clements
    Kennedi Clements
    • Amy
    Nicolai Giustra
    • Jake
    • (as Nicolai Lawton-Glustra)
    Faye Dunaway
    Faye Dunaway
    • Gina
    Pascale Hutton
    Pascale Hutton
    • Becca
    Neill Fearnley
    • John Skinton
    Kyra Zagorsky
    Kyra Zagorsky
    • Megan
    Lauren Cochrane
    Lauren Cochrane
    • Jessica
    Ryan Beil
    Ryan Beil
    • Coffee Shop Employee
    • (as Ryan Biel)
    Dee Jay Jackson
    • Al
    Ashé Sabongui
    Ashé Sabongui
    • Alli
    Jakob Davies
    Jakob Davies
    • Harper
    Kirby Morrow
    Kirby Morrow
    • Tim
    Debbie Podowski
    Debbie Podowski
    • Sara
    • (as Deb Podowski)
    Catherine Lough Haggquist
    Catherine Lough Haggquist
    • Lindsay
    Tyronne L'Hirondelle
    Tyronne L'Hirondelle
    • Lawyer Ben
    • Director
      • Neill Fearnley
    • Writer
      • Emily Baer
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    • Trivia
      This movie is a gender reversed parallel to The Family Man (2000) with Nicolas Cage.
    • Quotes

      Claudia: Not every woman needs 2.5 kids and a husband and a mini-van to complete her. My friends are my family, that firm is my spouse, I wake up every morning, a happy, single, successful woman, wondering what on earth could I possibly need?

      Gina: Ha-ha! So you got it all figured out huh?

      Claudia: Yeah. Pretty much.

      Gina: Well, I guess we will see.

      Claudia: I know what I want and I'm getting it. We're done. Stop the car! Get out.

    • Soundtracks
      Blue And White
      written by Peter Allen

      performed by Peter Allen

    User reviews13

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    Achieving a balanced life
    Single, high-flying attorney Claudia (Daphne Zuniga), tops in her class at Harvard Law, is focused on one thing: her career, and making partner at her this-is-your-only-life law firm. Her drive for success has predictably made her miss countless family events, and is about to do the same with this year's Thanksgiving at her sister's (Gina Holden, playing a stay-at-home mom), when Claudia is suddenly thrust by a mysterious figure (Faye Dunaway) into an alternate reality wherein she had given up the idea of practicing law years before in favor of having a husband (Dan Payne) and two children.

    If this story sounds somewhat familiar, perhaps you saw The Christmas Clause (TV 2008). The current movie takes the basic idea of the former, resets it from Christmas to Thanksgiving, and flips the situation, i.e., instead of a mom with three kids shown what her life would be like as a successful lawyer with all the material goods she could possibly desire, here the lawyer becomes the mom and is shown how much richer her life could be if she broadened her focus and looked beyond her career as the sole purpose of her life.

    While both movies take a similar route to reach a common goal, this "remake" is executed much more adeptly, and while still firmly rooted in the traditional Hallmark mold and formula, "Thanksgiving" dispenses with many of the clichés which made "Christmas" merely pedestrian.

    The acting here is uniformly good, but young Kennedi Clements as Claudia's alternate reality daughter, is a heart-stealer in this, her apparent movie debut.
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    • Release date
      • November 6, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • День подяки
    • Filming locations
      • British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Hallmark Channel
      • Larkin-Goldstein Productions
      • Pflu Pflug Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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