The Christmas Project (2016)

A writer looks back on his memorable 1986 Christmas, dealing with brothers, bullies, first love, pregnancy and family "elving."

Director:

Michael Buster

Writers:

Sally Meyer (screenplay), Matthew Buckley (based on: novels by)

Stars:

Jacob Buster, Anson Bagley, Josh Reid

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacob Buster	...	Matthew Buckley
Anson Bagley	...	Simon Buckley
Josh Reid	...	Peter Buckley
Cooper Daniel Johnson	...	John Buckley (as Cooper Johnson)
Alison Akin Clark	...	Pam Buckley
Brian Neal Clark	...	Ralph Buckley
Grace Hallows	...	Juniper Goodman
Evan Clark	...	Allen Goodman
Caitlin E.J. Meyer	...	Monica Goodman (as Caitlin Meyer-Stewart)
Gabe White	...	Finn Hagbart
Skyler M. Day	...	Feeb Hagbart
Caroline Labrum	...	Fae Hagbart
Abigail Baugh	...	Francie Hagbart
Michael Buster	...	Adult Matthew (voice)
Pam Eichner	...	Mrs. Honeywell

Storyline

The Buckley family, consisting of two parents, four pre-pubescent brothers and a baby on the way, deals with the antics of its young sons and their struggles with the Hagbart family during the Christmas season. Actions center on Matthew, the second eldest son, who grows up to be a writer and narrates the action from fifteen years in future. The Buckleys devote themselves to "elving," selecting a family on hard times who could use a bit of anonymous gift-giving (usually food) to see them through. 1986 was a memorable year as the "elved" family turned out to be the Hagbarts, whose eldest son, Finn (held back a year and bigger than most of his classmates), bullied all at school with particular focus on Matthew. With charity comes insight.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1986 | paint | pizza | catalogue | narration | 

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Genres:

Family

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian French

Release Date:

3 November 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Elving Project

Filming Locations:

Mapleton, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Blue Marble Media, Curiously Strong Productions, Elving Movie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in Mapleton, Utah.

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Goofs

When John hits the floor after being pushed off the top bunk by his brothers, he's supposed to still be asleep but has a smile on his face.

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Quotes

Earl: You kids are gettin' NOTHIN' for Christmas. I'm gown to see to that personally.

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Soundtracks

Up on the Housetop
(uncredited)
Written by Benjamin Russell Hanby (as Benjamin Hanby)
Performed by the Buckleys (Anson Bagley, Jacob Buster, Josh Reid, Cooper Daniel Johnson, Alison Akin Clark and Brian Neal Clark)

User Reviews

Omg the worst movie I've ever seen

The entire story was boring and was extremely cringey. There are many many problems with this movie, for starters the bad acting

The acting in this movie was just horrible. It seriously felt like a 3rd grade play. Everything was just so boring and creepy

Another problem with this film was how it was supposed to look like the 1980s. They seriously did not try at all to make it look like it was in a different time period. This was one of the worst parts of the movie

All the actors make me cringe so hard. Literally everything I heard the actors say made me smh so hard. Ugh