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One Christmas

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In 1930, young Buddy (T.J. Lowther) lives with his aunt (Julie Harris) in Alabama. For Christmas, Buddy travels to New Orleans to reunite with his estranged father (Henry Winkler), while holding some unrealistic expectations for the holiday. As it is, his father is a con artist more intent on scamming than building a relationship with his son. Meanwhile, his dad is pursuing the niece (Swoosie Kurtz) of wealthy Cornelia Beaumont (Katharine Hepburn) -- but Christmas is the season of miracles.

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Dan Callahan ToxicUniverse.com Katharine Hepburn's last film is a weak adaptation of Truman Capote's One Christmas. Jan 31, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Faye P A nice holiday story. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Jim A With that superb cast, this was superb letdown. Parts really strained credulity. Sad last movie for Hepburn. Just awful. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/24 Full Review Jay W You would imagine that for a story like this, the wheel has already been invented, there is a tried-and-true formula to follow. You take a flim-flan salesman, played by Winkler, and have a little 8-year-old come into his life. The little 8-year old's wide-eyed innocence and charm helps the conman become a better more honest person. And maybe the 8-year-old learns a thing or two along the way as well. If it's not broke don't fix it. Now, for this made for TV movie, it feels like they tried to over complicate things. Characters' motivations and changes are not made clear. By the end of the movie, I can imagine the characters just going back to what they've done before with no changes or lessons learned. Did I learn a lesson? Yes. Just because Henry Winkler and Katherine Hepburn are in a movie doesn't mean it is going to be good. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Frances H Flat and uninteresting. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/23/12 Full Review Audience Member If you love Capote's Christmas stories, then you might also love this movie. It takes Sook five minutes of screen time to charge the rest of the movie with all the glittering magic of the love between her and little Buddy, concern for the other characters and tension over Buddy's fate. Henry Winkler is surprisingly restrained and not annoying, except as is true to the character. The movie is much more Capote then Hallmark (I won't usually even consider Hallmark movies.) Very underrated. A rare, complex Christmas movie, uplifting but also bittersweet. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I really tried to like this movie. What's not to like about Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn? Sadly, I just could not get into it. The production is poor and the movie as a whole is pretty hokey. Definitely not about to become one of my holiday traditions. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1930, young Buddy (T.J. Lowther) lives with his aunt (Julie Harris) in Alabama. For Christmas, Buddy travels to New Orleans to reunite with his estranged father (Henry Winkler), while holding some unrealistic expectations for the holiday. As it is, his father is a con artist more intent on scamming than building a relationship with his son. Meanwhile, his dad is pursuing the niece (Swoosie Kurtz) of wealthy Cornelia Beaumont (Katharine Hepburn) -- but Christmas is the season of miracles.
Director
Tony Bill
Producer
John Davis, Duane Poole
Screenwriter
Duane Poole
Production Co
Karpf-Davis Entertainment Television
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Holiday, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 26, 2016
Runtime
1h 36m
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