I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It is a performances centric movie

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

I love this film. I saw it at Christmas in 2004 on T.V. in England. My mum had just died 3 months before so i was very sad and grieving still.It was an emotional film but has an angel in it and a very good storyline.The timing of it was perfect for me and helped make me feel a little better. The acting is very good. It's the sort of film i wished they put on TV every Christmas.I recorded it as the review was good, so luckily i still have it on tape to watch. My 13 year old daughter likes it too. Hope you all enjoy it too.

Great film, not the best Christmas movie of all time, but absolutely one that warms the spirit and makes you appreciate the simple things in life, and those you share it all with. The film contains a great deal of moral fiber and contains many useful lessons for life and sensing the importance of making your feelings known to those you love, because one never knows how long one will have to do so. The acting performances are definitely noteworthy, and above the average par of TV network programming.I didn't see it on TV this past Holiday season, and was disappointed I must admit. I hope to sit down, together with my wife, in front of a warm fire amidst a serene snowfall next Christmas and enjoy it together.Enthusiastically Recommended.

A few years ago, I turned on ABC family in hopes of being treated to a nice average quality holiday movie (mostly as a time killer). What I found was this film. I sat through the two hour movie and was kept glued to the TV every minute. After the two hours were over I had found a new Christmas classic.The story is about a literary agent Andrew Farmer (Reed Diamond), who during a business trip comes dangerously close to having an affair. He returns to his house on Christmas eve to find his wife Beth (Kristin Davis) who thinking he cheated, storms out of their apartment in anger, only to be hit by a car and killed.An angel (Tim Meadows) comes to Andrew and offers him of a very special gift. He will get to relive the last 3 days over again; however there is a catch. After those three days Beth will still die. But he can use that time to prove to her how much he loves her.During those 3 days they return to their home town and Andrew reconnects to a version of himself that he thought was long gone while rediscovering his love for his wife. But when the angel reappears and hints there may be a way to prevent the current course of events if he truly convinces his wife he still loves her, Andrew must race against the clock to find the perfect Christmas gift for her.One of the best things about this movie is the casting. Reed Diamond and Kristin Davis have great chemistry together, and it is really believable that they actually are husband and wife. Tim Meadows takes a drastic move from his usual comical roles and does a great job as the somber and wise angel who gives Andrew this magical gift.The movie may be a bit saccharine at times and it is a little predictable, but considering that it is made for TV and a Christmas movie (two genres that have overwhelmingly been dominated by garbage) the producers of this movie came out with flying colors.The only question is why they decided to make this straight to TV. Considering the quality, with a few tiny adjustments, this movie could have easily been released in theatres.Hopefully, ABC will wise up and release this one on DVD.Overall it was a great movie to watch during the holiday season and I recommend it to everyone. Definitely one of my favorite Christmas movies.

Watchable and feel-good in the "It's a Wonderful Life" style, but nowhere near as clever as It's a Wonderful Life. Stereotyped characters, script is sugary and predictable, a 10 year old could have written it. Overall, not one to pay to watch.It had everything you would expect from a sugary movie - an irritating angel, snow, Christmas trees, children and candy, saving a child's life (including a very bad demonstration of CPR - you wouldn't save anybody's life if you did it like that), childhood reminiscences, parental reconciliations, refusal to participate in an extra-marital affair, morality lessons etc, etc.