Comfort and Joy

December. 01,2003      
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

High-powered single-woman Jane Berry is focused on the important things in life, such as advancing her career and spending a bundle on fashionable shoes. But then a car accident on Christmas Eve changes her forever: Jane wakes up after the crash to discover that she is a married stay-at-home mom with two kids and a passion for charity work. Is she dreaming? Crazy? Is this a strange twist of fate?

Nancy McKeon as  Jane Berry
Steven Eckholdt as  Sam
Paul Dooley as  George
Jordy Benattar as  Heather Keller
Dixie Carter as  
Lindsay Leese as  
Sandi Ross as  
Maria Herrera as  
A.J. Saudin as  Derek Phillips

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Reviews

Hellen
2003/12/01

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Stoutor
2003/12/02

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

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FirstWitch
2003/12/03

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Matho
2003/12/04

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

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lorraine0224
2003/12/05

This is a lovely and charming Christmas movie. It's well written and well acted, with a clear storyline from beginning to end. No, you don't know why and you won't know why or how Jane remembers this other life she never lived, but you don't know the how or why of the fantasy of It's a Wonderful Life or A Christmas Carol either - or of all the other movies that feature a character who has some kind of awakening on Christmas Eve.Comfort and Joy is a thoroughly enjoyable movie about finding the life you never knew you really wanted. It has a positive message, but it isn't the slightest bit sentimental or sugar-coated.I'm delighted to have found Comfort and Joy; it's a great addition to our Christmas movie collection. I look forward to watching it every year along with all of our other favourites.

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Maham .
2003/12/06

I really liked the movie ,it is perhaps a note for people who are too much in the world and have no pity to help the old and homeless. It makes it possible for a person like Jane to change in to a good person like Sam.I think the acting in the movie is flawless and Steven Eckholdt is a very complete actor. It is certainly a thought provoking movie.Even the minute character of Sam's mother in law is full of life representing a women who thinks not beyond her materialistic world and is unhappy to see her successful daughter ending up in a life she would never choose for her.I think the understanding of the couple in the movie is serene and yes it is a movie worth watching.

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Pepper Anne
2003/12/07

If you have seen the 2000 Nicholas Cage/Tea Leoni holiday comedy, "Family Man," then you have seen a much better version of a story similar to this movie, "Comfort and Joy." In "Family Man," Nicholas Cage plays the businessman who's 'gaurdian angel' magically plants him into the life of a middle-class suburban tire salesman husband/father. Though bizarre and confusing is this sudden new life that he experiences without much explanation of how he got there, he wades through it for several days to find out that in the end, the life he could of had (the life which he is briefly supplanted in) is much better than the life he did have."Comfort and Joy" is nearly the same thing. The main character (Nancy McKeonm, already a Lifetime TV regular) gets into a car accident and, when she recovers, thinks she is actually living ten years in the past. She doesn't recognize that the man and two kids before her are her husband and kids, and she can't figure out exactly why everyone keeps caller her mom. Same idea as the "Family Man," only much more nauseatingly "cutesy" as most Lifetime TV holiday repeats tend to me. The only real plus to this recycled story line is that Paul Dooley and Dixie Carter show up for a few amusing moments as the woman's parents.If you're into overly sentimental holiday dramas, then this is a good one for you. Otherwise, I'd say skip it.

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Daniel Alderman
2003/12/08

SPOILER!!!!!! Just watching the move. I love Nancy McKeon, always have. The one thing about the move that bugs me is, that in the time loop that is created, she gets 10 years with the guy...that's it. Then she gets thrown back into the loop. She'll always faint on the porch and never get to see her kids grow up, or her life progress beyond that moment. She'll keep starting over again at the crash where she meets Sam, she'll live ten years, lose her memory, faint on the porch and start over again meeting Sam at the crash. This isn't a happy ending....

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