Fresh and Exciting

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

this a emotional film with rob Lowe character Robert Layton who plays a lawyer is a high flying workaholic whose life is virtual non existent realizing they are drifting apart his wife Kate throws herself into her school play a Xmas approaches the music teacher Maggie has a life threatening illness Kate takes control of her class and the two families intertwine as Robert Layton's mother says make memories not hide on Xmas eve Robert crosses paths with Maggie son Nathan is desperate trying to achieve his mothers dream so hes looking for a job or collect recyclable items s to get her dream Robert discovers that money and status are not what life is about as he changes someone else life as he needs help the smallest miracle changes a mans life only realize who this person was as a child as but great Xmas movie at 1hr 30mins

This is an uplifting made-for-TV Christmas movie, a story about young Nathan Andrews (Max Morrow) who tries to raise money get a pair of dancing shoes for his dying mother, Maggie (Kimberly Williams-Paisley). In the meantime, lawyer Robert Layton (Rob Lowe) is dealing with marital issues and the course of events lead him to cross paths with Nathan.Many made-for-TV Christmas movies are sappy, happy-go-lucky and a little bit corny to say the least. This movie is a heartfelt and meaningful story that will bring tears to your eyes, especially seeing young Nathan's enduring mission to buy a pair of his mother's favorite dancing shoes for Christmas. It shows how strong of a love a child has for his mother, something we should feel inspired from.The parallel plot regarding Robert's life is intriguing and I thought it assimilated well with the Christmas shoes plot; it was interesting to see how the course of events from both stories relate towards each other, resulting in some emotional and uplifting results.The acting was good and the direction by Andy Wolk was solid. A highly recommended Christmas movie that is perfect for the entire family.Grade A

A magical story about a pair of shoes that bring two strangers together. It's a tear jerker so it may not everyone's idea of a family Christmas movie, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.Plot In A Paragraph: Two separate stories come together, in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, is dying due to a heart problem and her son Nathan is trying to buy her a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second story, workaholic lawyer Robert Layton (Rob Lowe) and his wife Kate are drifting apart and things come to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir and turns down a job with Roberts company. Robert and Nathan's paths cross as Nathan tries to raise money for the shoes and Robert tries to get a present for his daughter.Rob Lowe is excellent as both the jerk and the guy who has seen the error of his ways. Dorian Harewood (who I must has seen in over 50 movies and TV shows, but none immediately come to mind) deserves special praise, as does Kimberley Williams Paisley and Max Morrow.

When we first heard this song, we thought it was a joke. Surely, no one would write such tripe seriously, would they? If mommy meets Jesus tonight? My wife tortured me by making me watch the last 40 minutes.I swear to you it felt like the longest five hours of my life! She was laughing the whole time. I almost drew up a contract to make her sign that I could have that time back (kind of like I did when she made me watch "girls just want to have fun" or "riding in cars with boys") The kid's acting was nails on a chalkboard. A 12 year-old buying shoes and acting like Zac Ephron is Stallone. I'm not a scrooge, I like my share of Christmas sediment, but this song, book, movie, cartoon whatever is awful!