One Christmas | 
 enlarge | Director: Tony Bill
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, Swoosie Kurtz, T.j. Lowther, Tonea Stewart
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D14446D
UPC: 707729144465
EAN: 0707729144465
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1994
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Truman Capote's classic Depression-era short story is well served in One Christmas, an earnest holiday heartwarmer from the folks at Hallmark Entertainment. It's got all the sentiment one would expect from a Hallmark TV movie, but director Tony Bill knows just how to moderate the maudlin and focus on genuine emotions (as he did for his big-screen releases Untamed Heart and A Home of Our Own). Of course it never hurts to have Katharine Hepburn on board for some high-class pedigree: In her final performance the Hollywood legend goes out on a high note, delivering a pivotal scene about living life with no regrets, and she may just as well be describing her own independent spirit. The great Kate plays a wealthy New Orleans socialite whose spinster niece (Swoosie Kurtz, giving the film's best performance) is vulnerable to the gold-digging charms of a con artist (Henry Winkler) whose estranged 8-year-old son (T.J. Lowther, from Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World) has arrived from Alabama with high expectations that his father can't meet. Dashed hopes and cynical behavior threaten to ruin the boy's Christmas, but Bill and his esteemed cast stay true to the well-earned sentiment of Capote's story, arriving at a moment of fatherly redemption that is nicely accented by Van Dyke Parks's understated score. You'd have to be a Scrooge to disapprove. --Jeff Shannon
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 Bitter sweet... August 1, 2008
myfriendscallmejen (London, Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this movie was heart wrenching just because I think the child wanted so badly to be with his mom and dad but unfortunately it just couldn't be that way. I can't give the end of the film away but I'll tell you it is very bitter sweet. A nice clean family movie, worth buying, worth watching.
 Another great Christmas movie June 14, 2007
Jimmy Stewart (Atlanta, GA)
Great movie for Christmas and the family get together
Good entertainment January 12, 2007
Devout Reader (KC, KS USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A wonderful moving movie. Good to see Ms. Hepburn at her best. Enjoy!!!
 Leave this on the shelf! December 23, 2004
Mark Farrell (Stockbridge, Mi.)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
We were very disappointed in this movie. Terrible script, virtually no character development.Don't bother.
Stick with "Its a Wonderful Life" December 13, 2004
Syd Troyer
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
I agree with the people who gave this one or two stars, no character development.
There are much better xmas movies out there!
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