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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: Allumination
Salesrank: 9841
Released: September 15, 2002 |
| Our Price: $24.95 |
| Used Price: $24.74 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Neil Patrick Harris, an orphan, returns to his grandparents' home after his grandfather dies. He and grandmother Debbie Reynolds discover several entries in a diary about Lilian, a woman neither Harris nor Reynolds knew about. While reading the diary, the two uncover a Christmas mystery and learn new lessons about the holiday.
The Christmas Wish Reviews:
Somewhat slow 
2009-11-23 - The problem any new movie faces is getting the audience to care about the characters immediately. Otherwise, the movie can get pretty slow. Unfortunately, The Christmas Wish, otherwise a charming movie, suffers from this problem. It begins very quickly with a mysterious mention of a woman in the journal of the lead character's recently deceased grandfather. However, it takes a while to really feel for the characters until deep into the movie. Too often, I wondered why I should care about them or the investigation into the mysterious woman's background. Fortunately, once you give it a chance, The Christmas Wish has some charming, Jimmy Stewart-type moments that really do make you think about Christmas values. Sometimes it becomes a bit unrealistic (can anybody be quite so good and wholesome as the grandfather is portrayed?), but it is touching nonetheless. The mystery is pretty intriguing - and I doubt anybody would guess correctly just who that woman is.
Just a note - in a discussion of dinosaurs, one of the characters refers to "Brontosaurus," even though that name went out the window and paleontologists now use "Apatosaurus." That mistake was disappointing
This is Quality! 
2009-10-28 - This is one of my favorite Christmas movies. It exemplifies what Christmas is supposed to be about. It is well written, performed well, and is uplifting and inspiring. There is a thread of romance through the story, but as others have written, the main storyline is a grandson coming home to take care of his grandfather's affairs after he dies. Grandpa had a real estate company and the grandson hires a manager to run it for him, but he clashes with loyal, long-time employees. His grandma is reading her husband's journals and sees repeated references of visits her husband made to someone named "Lillian", but there are no details. She asks her grandson, as his Christmas gift to her, to find out who "Lillian" is. He wants to get things wrapped up and get back to his real life, but between the problems in the real estate office , the mystery of Lillian, and his developing feelings for his grandpa's former secretary, he can't seem to pull himself away. Through it all, what they really learn is what the grandfather was all about. The ending took me by surprise the first time I watched it, and it continues to move me with each viewing.
This is not "just another Christmas movie" with a syrupy storyline and a too-good-to-be-true ending. This is a quality production about a life well-lived. I wish it was still available new, as it makes a great Christmas gift.
NO SUBTITLES
2009-10-18 - I have this movie and don't really need to write anymore about the movie. For your information it does NOT have subtitles. The info is wrong on the title page. I checked my copy which has the same ISBN no. as the one shown and it does not have subtitles. So if you want subtitles be cautious.
Great holiday story
2009-09-13 - I have watched this movie for years when it airs around Christmas time. It's a wonderful story. It's well acted. And I don't want to depend on it being aired on TV. It has become one of my favorite holiday movies that I enjoy with classics like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Scrooge" and "Babes in Toyland".
It is great!
2008-12-14 - This is one of my very favorite Christmas movies! I even watch it during the year as it is such a sweet story. I highly recommend buying it!
