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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 1395
Released: September 7, 2004 |
| Our Price: $11.21 |
| Used Price: $14.24 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen (TV's JOAN OF ARCADIA, HOPE SPRINGS) gives a solid performance as Ginny Grainger, a young mother who rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie (Elizabeth Harnois) and Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), Ginny's very own guardian angel. Ginny's wondrous experience will touch your heart and warm your soul in the timeless tradition of past Disney favorites. ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS fulfills all your most treasured Christmas fantasies. Share it with those you love.
Description of One Magic Christmas:
Grab an econo-pack of tissues, gather your loved ones around a cozy television, and bring on the hot cocoa--it's time for a dose of Christmas spirit. The tender and charming Mary Steenburgen (Parenthood) dons a sour disposition in her role as Ginny Grainger, a woman who finds little joy in life lately--let alone in the impending holiday season. Money is tight, her husband (beautifully downplayed by nice-guy Gary Basaraba) lost his job, and the family must move out of their house. Ginny cannot even bring herself to say, "Merry Christmas," despite her family's enthusiasm about the big day. With help from Ginny's brave and loving daughter (sweetly performed by Elisabeth Harnois) and a Christmas angel named Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), Ginny undergoes a life-altering experience à la It's a Wonderful Life. The result? Happy endings, hugs and kisses, pass the tissues.
Not a light holiday entertainer by any means, the plot verges on depressing at times, as the family struggles through money issues and the tedium of daily suburban survival. While handled fairly subtly, some of the bridging story--including a shooting, a kidnapping, and a drowning--might prove disturbing to children under 6 years old. And really: if the somber Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) repeatedly appeared in your neighborhood, cloaked in a cowboy hat and overcoat, would you allow your kids outside? Still, a well-made favorite to cherish. --Liane Thomas
One Magic Christmas Reviews:
Beautiful movie that has been in my life for many years 
2009-11-05 - I was about 6 or 7 when I first saw One Magic Christmas and none of the scenes bothered me nor did I think it was ok to talk to random strangers I believe that the little girl in the movie wouldn,t have talked to just any stranger either she could feel that Gideon is an angel and that she was safe, this movie is just pure magic,being low income all my life I understand Ginnys feelings of frustration but having money has nothing to do with having the Christmas spirit in your heart or believing in Santa as Ginny finds out. When Abbie goes to the North Pole it is one of the best most magical Christmas moments of any film ever, this movie is Disney at their best. Walt Disney smiles down from heaven on this movie. This movie to me is as much about believing in God as it is in believing in Santa. It is purely magical beautiful touching and will make you cry and I think it is perfectly safe for kids they will learn things about the harsh realities of life but also learn that keeping your faith and beleiving in the beauty and magic of Christmas , and in God can and Will change lives. If you dont have this movie already I recommened you get it right away you will never regret it and will end up seeing it as many times as I have which is well into the 100s AMAZING MOVIE I PROMISE YOU!
Better delivery needed 
2009-11-04 - I ordered several copies of this movie and received them in 3 different shipments. I would like to see them come all together in one shipment. I do appreciate the competitive prices though.
One Magic Christmas
2009-11-02 - I love watching Christmas movies....what a great movie to share with your family!
Very good actors/actresses. I definetly would recommend this movie to others.
HOLIDAY MOVIE
2009-01-19 - "ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS" IS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. ESPECIALLY CHILDREN THAT ARE AT THAT AGE WHERE THEY ARE TORN BETWEEN BELIEVING AND NOT BELIEVING IN SANTA AND WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT.
Great!
2009-01-18 - Great movie with an important message! It is a little darker than I remember it as a child but, still worth the watch..
