A Christmas Mystery

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A Christmas Mystery

PG

2022

1h 40m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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One-hundred years ago, a strip of Santa's magical jingle bells were discovered by a young boy in Pleasant Bay, Oregon, bringing about a century of prosperity and peace for the small town. Now, just days before Christmas, the bells -- the lifeblood of the town -- are missing, and it's up to a group of intrepid kids to solve the case, find the bells and restore the Christmas magic to Pleasant Bay and its citizens.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

A Christmas Mystery is a solid, kid-centric holiday movie that empowers children with examples set by Violet, Kenny, Maddie, and Harrison.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 7, 2022

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Liz Kocan

Decider

A sweet little movie.

Dec 6, 2022

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Rachel Wagner

Hallmarkies Podcast

The whole family will love this film

Rated: 4/5

Dec 5, 2022

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Ricky Valero

Ready Steady Cut

It’s an overly predictable kids’ mystery movie that relies heavily on Violet to carry the film on her back, which she does. It’s innocent fun.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 24, 2022

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Steven C

Aside from idolatry, I love to watch detective movies. The mistery case on this movie is light but pretty good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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K R

This movie is not Christmasy. It could have been set any time of year, just change bells to anything else. There's no Santa, reindeer, celebration, food, nothing. They don't give Oscar Nuñez nearly enough to do, which is criminal. There's no comic relief, no stakes, and no payoff when the mystery is revealed. It's apparently set on the Oregon coast, but the setting is very obviously not the Pacific Northwest. Neither the architecture, weather, or trees looking anything like the Pacific Northwest. The dialogue is pretty painful. Oof. It doesn't seem intended for kids? It's like a bad movie about adults but they just made some of the adults 11. All the characters are kind of angsty, but not in a believable way. Disappointing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Vivek S

The writing was awful. Clearly low budget and low effort.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/01/24

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Audience Member

Great little Christmas film, pegged the thief in the first 20 minutes, but this kept our attention from beginning to end, it’s great for the whole family, definitely a fun watch. Merry Christmas!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/23/22

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Mickey M

This is a good old Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys story for this old timer. The characters are sympathetic and the dictum to not judge too quickly is drilled into the viewer. I liked the strong male leads and the smart-as-a-whip girl detective. The protagonist could have been hidden a little better and maybe they could have waited a touch longer to reveal false leads. The biggest mark down for this movie was making an idol of sleigh bells which takes one's eyes off of the reason for the season. Santa Claus is a pleasant Christmas tradition, but ground it to the truth & the light, Jesus Christ.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/02/22

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brett h

"Oh man, nothing exciting ever happens around here." You couldn't me more wrong Violet. Fun times for the whole family!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Alex Ranarivelo

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Violet McGraw

Violet Pierce

Eddie Cibrian

Sheriff Pierce

Beau Bridges

Mayor Donovan

Oscar Nunez

Glenn Martin

Christoph Sanders

Deputy Terry Donovan

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Synopsis

One-hundred years ago, a strip of Santa's magical jingle bells were discovered by a young boy in Pleasant Bay, Oregon, bringing about a century of prosperity and peace for the small town. Now, just days before Christmas, the bells -- the lifeblood of the town -- are missing, and it's up to a group of intrepid kids to solve the case, find the bells and restore the Christmas magic to Pleasant Bay and its citizens.

Director: Alex Ranarivelo
Producer: Ali Afshar, Ava Rettke, Daniel Aspromonte
Screenwriter: John Ducey
Production Co: ESX Entertainment
Rating: PG (Mild Thematic Material)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 24, 2022
Runtime: 1h 40m

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