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Wish for Christmas

  • 2016
  • PG
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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A high-school student makes a wish that her parents would lose their faith.A high-school student makes a wish that her parents would lose their faith.A high-school student makes a wish that her parents would lose their faith.

  • Director
    • John K.D. Graham
  • Writers
    • Alexandra Boylan
    • John K.D. Graham
    • Andrea Polnaszek
  • Stars
    • Joey Lawrence
    • Leigh-Allyn Baker
    • Anna Fricks
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    942
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John K.D. Graham
    • Writers
      • Alexandra Boylan
      • John K.D. Graham
      • Andrea Polnaszek
    • Stars
      • Joey Lawrence
      • Leigh-Allyn Baker
      • Anna Fricks
    • 17User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Alexandra Boylan and Bill Engvall on set "Wish For Christmas"
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    Joey Lawrence, Leigh-Allyn Baker, and Anna Fricks in Wish for Christmas (2016)
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    Joey Lawrence
    Joey Lawrence
    • Luke MacLaren
    Leigh-Allyn Baker
    Leigh-Allyn Baker
    • Elizabeth MacLaren
    Anna Fricks
    • Anna MacLaren
    Bill Engvall
    Bill Engvall
    • Santa
    Alexandra Boylan
    Alexandra Boylan
    • Rebekah
    Jeff Schroeder
    Jeff Schroeder
    • Paul MacLaren
    Ryan Boudreau
    • Colton Smith
    Bethany Peterson
    Bethany Peterson
    • Meredith
    Ivy Croteau
    • Rachel
    Chelsea Crockett
    • Ava
    Alex Boylan
    Alex Boylan
    • Turner
    Sean T. Ward
    • Alex Smith
    Allie Shery
    • Hazel
    Kristina Byerley
    • High School Student
    Ryan Cannister
    • Extra
    Andrew Maiorano
    Andrew Maiorano
    • Business Radio DJ
    Jacob Andres Padilla
    Jacob Andres Padilla
    • College Boy
    Andrea Polnaszek
    Andrea Polnaszek
    • Pastor Paul's Wife
    • Director
      • John K.D. Graham
    • Writers
      • Alexandra Boylan
      • John K.D. Graham
      • Andrea Polnaszek
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    • Trivia
      Filmed in Massachusetts.
    • Quotes

      Santa Claus: I don't think you've ever cared about anybody, ever.

      Anna MacLaren: I care!

    • Connections
      Featured in Say Goodnight Kevin: Wish for Christmas (2019)

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    5/10
    A wonderful life moment
    Obviously taken from It's A Wonderful Life, it's turning out to be a bad wish for Christmas that young teen Anna Frick asks for and gets. Her father and mother Joey Lawrence and Leigh Allyn Baker are both attorneys and are most generous with time and money donating their services in a lot of pro bono work. But purportedly it's because of their faith. When their daughter begs off going to church Christmas Eve because she's on the dance committee for the Christmas school clambake also scheduled for Christmas Eve, they say no.

    Like Jimmy Stewart who wishes he had never been born and gets an alternative universe, Frick's wish is that her parents never became Christians. Guess what, the next day they are money grubbing secularists and real shysters. Among other things they are retained as counsel to a bank that is busy throwing people out of their homes including the parents of a boy Frick has her eye on, Ryan Boudreau.

    Gradually she comes to the conclusion she does not like how her world has changed. Given this is a Christian Christmas movie with certain parameters all of course gets righted in the end.

    The cast is a likable one, a good ensemble has been assembled. Get the bathtowels ready folks though you're in for Johnstown Flood type crying jag.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Nov 28, 2016

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Also known as
      • Рождественское желание
    • Filming locations
      • Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mustard Seed Entertainment
      • The Boylan Sisters
      • Wish X Movie
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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