Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Please don't spend money on this.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This Yuletide comedy drama isn't drastically different from the multitudes of other Christmas TV movies out there, but this one is just a little different and special somewhere to me. It's grown on me over the years and I've strangely found myself watching it every year around December, it gives me the kind of strong, wholesome old-fashioned warm genuine Christmas feeling that really seems to be one of the things that are harder to grasp the older one gets, it certainly isn't something I get very often from movies like this. When I was a little boy, I used to think that Christmas was so super-magical, the tree, putting up the tinsel, participating in the school festivities and making silly colourful cards, the snow when there used to actually be real snow in England, and hoping for certain gifts when the big day came... It all made me feel so happy and just seemed like proof that the world could be a bright happy place, when I'd feel sad as a kid I could just talk about what Christmas to cheer myself up! So, this film isn't what I'd call overly sappy and it doesn't have the kind of TV drama that's eye-rollingly melodramatic, and while it's nothing amazing, it just didn't feel so formulaic and worked for me and I loved it, it was heartwarming. I liked the woman and her kid and their relationship together, they seemed like a real mother and little son. I also liked how effectively it establishes how they're going to have to make do with a threadbare Christmas because they didn't have much, it made them more relatable. I thought Howard Hesseman was brilliant and a real hoot as the eccentric rich old man with the answer to her prayers as he hires her as a chauffeur to drive him around New York on Christmas Eve while causing a media sensation with the random drive by acts of wild generosity by throwing wads of money to all around him for no other reason than sheer manic kindness and to spread the joy! All of the scenes where he does that really tickled me and made me smile because if there was ever one thing to really get any ground going anywhere, ever, it would be the prospect of free money! He is for all intents and purposes this movie's Santa Claus, and while he does have an ulterior motive in helping her it's nothing sinister or too heavy.. The story does indeed get kind of crazy a bit at the end and I don't care for the trite romance subplot that's thrown in, but it's all harmless sweet fun and it projects a good image and theme of Christmas joy and family togetherness and of things turning out all right in the end, and it has an endearing tone that I can only describe as cosy, it's just a very nice uplifting picture to lighten the mood around the icy year's end. Thanks everyone, happy happy holidays! X

Albeit late for the holiday, attractive blonde single mom Andrea Roth (as Shannon McManus-Johnson) buys a tree to decorate with young son Jason Spevack (as Trevor). The little tyke is miffed when his mom's boss from the "Dasher Limousine Service" calls with a job for Ms. Roth. On Christmas Eve, she must drive eccentric older Howard Hesseman (as Fred Nickells) around town. A man of means, Mr. Hesseman hands out hundred dollar bills to various people. He knows how to say "Merry Christmas" in 24 different languages. Hesseman spends over $500 on a hot dog. Eventually, he reveals a startling secret. Handsome television reporter Yannick Bisson (as Peter Archer) covers the story. He wears sharp eye make-up - and he's single. Caught up in the spirit of the season, there could be a big family in here somewhere. All this proves a TV Movie can be cute, predictable and annoying while celebrating personal wealth.**** Crazy for Christmas (12/7/05) Eleanor Lindo ~ Andrea Roth, Howard Hesseman, Yannick Bisson, Jason Spevack

I'm a sucker for sentiment. And this is a throwback to those sensibilities that are devoid of today's cynicism. This is post-9/11 and astonish that they would even make this type of movie. For that...they deserve high praise for sure.Andrea Roth plays a single mother working as a limo driver who is struggling to make due with a young child after the father had run off with another woman. She keeps upbeat, despite the financial struggle she faces. Especially trying her hardest not to disappoint her son on Xmas. I buy it. The kid isn't one of those types who say "it's okay Mom, I know we have no money". NO. The child is honest. Painfully disappointed about the have-not. And to me, that is honest. That should ground you to the rest of the movie, since...it is about doing good deeds. Howard Hessmann is that guy. An eccentric gazillionaire that, with a snap of his fingers, could put you in the lap of luxury. But that isn't enough. He has secrets. And it includes Andrea's character. What could be a stupid syrupy tale, turns to some poignant moments of family interaction during the warmest of holidays. We're not suckers. We believe the people would react the way they do.What I notice a lot about Xmas movies is that they want it to be a classic. Totally. These sentiments should be year in and year out. But it works best, because it is Xmas. In "It's A Wonderful Life" you think George Bailey really lives happily ever after? Maybe. But he's still got an uphill battle in a dying town. For Andrea and her child, she is thrusted into a new world that she isn't accustomed to. Who cares? We know she's a good person...if only for a moment.

This is a cute, mostly lighthearted Christmas movie that premiered on Lifetime last night.Andrea Roth stars as Shannon, a chauffeur and single mother, who has to leave her son with a babysitter on Christmas Eve, because she has to drive an older rich man around in a limo. Fred, the rich man (played by Howard Hesseman), is an eccentric who gives away money (literally throwing dollars in the air) wherever he goes. As the movie proceeds, conflict ensues after a reporter (played by Yannick Bisson) interviews Fred and we learn a secret he has kept for a long time.I enjoyed this movie on the whole. It reminds me of so many other made-for-TV Christmas movies out there. It is a tale of forgiveness around the holidays, and also sort of a love story. I recommend it (if you like made-for-TV Christmas movies).