Such a frustrating disappointment

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Review Date 1/31/0218A self-absorbed 13-year-old (Erik von Detten) reliving Christmas, day after day, until he appreciates its meaning. He pouts about gifts he doesn't want. Realities he doesn't want to see and little sister that is just a pain in the butt to him.This is OKAY at best. However what it does show the viewer is the fact we will keep repeating mistakes if we don't learn from them. Those mistakes might not exactly repeat themselves in the same way but if you don't learn from them they will manifest somewhere. What I like best about this film was that Christmas is more "Than gifts and giving gifts". "Its the giving of your time" how we "Treat One Another". Family Safe.

A fun movie with no dull spots. It is in the tradition of Ground Hog Day which I absolutely love. In this case a 13 year old boy repeats Christmas day until he gets it right. More recently this was tried in Pete's Christmas (2013) to great success but I think the cast is better in this movie. Absolutely love the parts played by the father and mother as well as the uncle and aunt. The 13 year old boy put good energy into his part. They really didn't give us a good reason why the day repeats (no angel or magic) but I loved it. Yes this was good enough to repeat watching.

This movie may have not have been the winner of any Oscar, but still, it holds it's spot up there with a lot of other festive, made for tv movies, and always draws me to the couch with a bowl of popcorn while that special day approaches. This movie has all that a good Christmas fan will appreciate, and all that a good movie needs to be-well-good. A plot. Young Billy just isn't in the spirit anymore. Due to a fateful wish his sister purposed to engage in Christmas every single day, Billy and his family (although he is in the only one who knows) engages in Christmas every single day for four of five days.Some laughs.The seconds manger scene was rather funny. And just some small quirky comments here and there. Oh yes. And of course I got a kick out of Billy's rich, spoiled cousin who was suppose to spend the day at Tinsel Town, but found herself in the prescene of carrots, mashed potatos, and peas instead. A lesson.To appreciate Christmas. To appreciate family. To appreciate life. To appreciate that this jubilant day can come but only once a year. I love this movie and am so glad that ABCFamily airs it every year. I only wish it were out on VHS or DVD to buy. Maybe you can and I just don't know it?

Every year we get another schmaltzy Christmas flick or two. This one fits squarely in that category but is easy to watch and has some redeeming moments. --Caution -- the rest of this review contains some spoilers.Billy Jackson is a 13 year old who's not fond of Christmas and has a typical 13 year-old's problems, He's not great at basketball, his dad runs a not very successful store in a boring small town, the girl he's attracted to has a jock boyfriend that is ready willing and able to deck him if he makes his feelings known. After a particularly bad Christmas, his sister makes a wish that it would be Christmas every day and a time loop is formed. Billy gets to relive the day over and over. We watch as Billy tries a number of strategies. First is Outrage since he can't really believe that its happening he protests throughout the day but of course nothing really different happens. Second Selfish/Revenge/Romance. Since his first strategy doesn't work, Billy decides to take advantage of what he knows. He plans it so that everything goes his way. But of course that doesn't work.Third, solve the worlds problems. Since being selfish doesn't cut it he tries being selfless and discovers that no one can solve all the world's problems. Finally, concentrate on family, make the best of what you can do. Of course this strategy works and Billy is finally able to enjoy Christmas and the loop is broken. The one thing that didn't quite ring true was at the end, when his mother wishes that every day could be Christmas, Billy screams. If he really has learned his lesson, then he should not have any worries that the day would repeat.