Waste of time

Really Surprised!

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

I thought this was a different movie with the same premise, when I started watching it. I was pleasantly surprised to realize I had never seen this one before. I enjoyed this one very much. The acting was quite good. I like how they used the middle child as the ignored/overlooked one,and main character. That is a dynamic they do not use much. He discovers new facts about everyone as the movie continues and it is realistic and enjoyable. They did not play everyone in broad clichés. Also they moved quickly through the every day is the same part, thank goodness. They focused on what he was learning and doing to change things. The message was really about paying attention to your life and what is around you, and being thoughtful and aware of others. Being kind, thoughtful and living in the moment. It actually moved me to tears more than once. Bailee Madison as the neighbor was great, as she always is. I do not watch movies twice, but I will watch this again at Christmas. Well done again Hallmark! Thank goodness for the Hallmark Channel and all the uplifting movies they churn out, Especially the Christmas ones.

Was the director a student? Were the executives listed at the end the real directors? Was Walmart (who is given credit but not the missing director) involved with approving this tripe?How do projects like this get funded? It looked like the cinematographer from a Walmart ad got financing and hired a female film student to direct the writing of an arrogant moron who thinks Americans eat Crumpets and Beef Wellington for Christmas ... and endless other strange inside cliques. Like .. when the boy finally picks up on the girl, it's because he talks about cheese -- specifically blue cheese, and she is HIS. I mean, it's a very retarded script, folks.The actors are all film-student level, and if I did a casting call right now for a free student film, I'd get the same or better talent. The lead appeared to be in his mid-20's and is as one-dimensional in his performance as the script is to a non-existent clique story. I mean, this movie is AWFUL! Even though it was free on Netflix, I want the two hours back this movie stole.

This is a made for TV movie about a teenager who has a terrible Christmas day but gets to re-live it again and again. He gets the opportunity to change the way Christmas pans out. It's a good natured tale and is very entertaining and while not laugh out loud funny, there are plenty of good light hearted moments. In addition there are also a few poignant moments. The setting is great but what makes this a well above average TV movie is the talented and likable cast. Whilst many TV movies suffer on this score, this one has a cast that features no weak links at all. Zachary Gordon is great as the teenager coming to terms with groundhog day and Bruce Dern adds class as the grumpy grandad. Bailee Madison also shines as the girl next door, putting in a very natural performance. The usual Christmas messages abound but are dealt with here without the usual schmaltz. This has the feel of a much higher budgeted movie and is one of the best Christmas TV movies I've seen. This is one of those films that is much better than you think it will be. As an easy to watch Christmas film this really hits the mark.

This movie was well put together and I enjoyed the scheme of the movie. There was a few things I saw. I could see that in the end playing football they were wearing red matching jerseys, but they replayed the same scenes over from the beginning where the football was on the ground and they were about to start and it showed the beginning scene in the different unmatched jerseys and then all of a sudden they were wearing the red jerseys again. You could see they just replayed scenes over and over and they didn't coordinate it. It was a great movie and I did enjoy it. I just can't get over at how bad it was watching the fact that they couldn't make new scenes and make them match accordingly.