Before I watched this I read through a lot of the comments to see people's general thoughts about it and a good majority of the people compared it to It's A Wonderful Life with many saying it's a much better movie even. I only wanted to add my 2 cents and say that I think it's a good movie and I'm definitely going to watch it every few holiday seasons as I've added it to my collection, but it's nowhere near the same level of a film as It's A Wonderful Life.
Sure it's fun, with good acting and overall being well made, but the story just isn't there, it's a bit hokey and it didn't really age that well. I gave it a 6/10 and recommend it for sure, but I'd hate to see people get all built up and then disappointed after viewing it, so I thought I'd offer a different view.
Also, it took me about halfway though to recognize the Skipper from Gilligan's Island. Awesome.
Sure it's fun, with good acting and overall being well made, but the story just isn't there, it's a bit hokey and it didn't really age that well. I gave it a 6/10 and recommend it for sure, but I'd hate to see people get all built up and then disappointed after viewing it, so I thought I'd offer a different view.
Also, it took me about halfway though to recognize the Skipper from Gilligan's Island. Awesome.