Tuesday Night is Film Night reaches into November and like it or not, there are only 8 weeks to Christmas Day. So, the advent calendar is out early and from now until the big day, Tuesday Night is Christmas Film Night!
This will not please some of you I'm sure, but there are others who wish that it could be;
Christmas Every Day
Did you see what I did there? Did you? I segued straight from the preamble into the title of the film. What? Oh please yourself!
We kick off our season of seasonal movie cheer, with a "made for TV" classic. Which is such a shame, as this one could really do well if it were out on DVD or BluRay for you youngsters.
Christmas Every Day is a feelgood movie, in the same style of Groundhog Day. Released in 1996 it's stars Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson. Billy is not having a good Christmas. Everything appears to be against him. His basketball skills, his Uncle David, the bully at school.
So, when he upsets his sister, telling her there is no Santa, she makes him wish for it to be Christmas every day.
And guess what? It is.
If you're familiar with the Groundhog Day story, you know what happens next. Billy needs to explore all the tangible ways to get time back on track. This means trying different scenarios to make people happy and he finds out quickly that you can't please all of the people, all of the time.
Yes, there is a message in this movie. And it is a saccharin sweet feelgood film, but it's a great one. It encapsulates that magical Christmas spirit, that you find in really good seasonal films. And the unique twist in this film, is that you see the story through a child's eyes.
It's not an adult trying to put things right, or making amends after several ghostly visitations, it's a teenager, trying to pull together family values, so that the people around him can enjoy Christmas.
If you love Christmas movies and you love to have a good cry, then you'll love Christmas Every Day. As I say, it's not out on DVD, so look out for it in the Christmas film schedules.
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