Six year old Susan has doubts childhood’s most enduring miracle Santa Clause. Her mother told her the “secret” about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn’t expect to receive the most important gifts on her Christmas list. But after meeting a special departement stare Santa who’s convinced he’s the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all – something to believe in.
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March 6, 2010
#1
I did not like this movie because its theme is that you should believe in Santa Claus and everything will work out.
THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS!!!
I much preferred “It’s a wonderful life” because there it shows the value of a human being’s life and what you can contribute to the world, instead of relying on a mythical santa.
Note that I am not running down spirituality. God is real, and people can get real strength from Him, but telling your kids Santa is real is lying.
Yes, yes, I know this is just a movie, and you’re not expected to believe it. But the whole culture of lying to kids that Santa is real is just reinforced by it.
March 6, 2010
#2
I don’t understand what the hype on this movie is when the Christ child is the REAL reason for the season; this world made Christmas too commercial. If He wasn’t born, why would Christmas exist at all? This IS a classic, but just don’t use it to motivate your children about Santa since the real St. Nick died a long, long time ago.
March 6, 2010
#3
There are some movies, despite their faults, that will never lose their place in America’s heart. Turn on your television up to two months before December 25th, and chances are you’ll see a miniature Natalie Wood (who later starred in both West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause) gazing into the twinkly eyes of a dwarfed and frighteningly jolly “Santa Claus” (Edmund Gwenn), telling him sternly that she does not believe he is really Kris Kringle. You’ve stumbled upon one of the most famous holiday flicks in history: Miracle on 34th Street, filmed in glorious black and white.
After 97 minutes of sugary, cheerful simplicity, little Susan (Natalie Wood) and the rest of New York has been convinced that Macy’s Santa Claus is indeed the real thing–the crafty old man even tricks the United States government into believing in him. As you can see, this is not the most realistic of all stories… though definitely optimistic in its assumption that the Supreme Court has the compassion to rule that reindeers can fly for the mere sake of saving a dying lunatic.
Maureen O’Hara, who plays Susan’s mom, does an awful job as an actress. Every woman over the age of 50 will probably dismiss my naive judgment of their former idol, but, like most bad actresses of her day, I think O’Hara is over dramatic and extremely unrealistic. In this way, her performance reflects the entire movie–very cute, yes, but leaving you with a sickeningly sweet aftertaste similar to that which can be obtained from listening to an entire album of sappy “White Christmas” remakes.
March 6, 2010
#4
I expected the colorized version but instead recieved the black and white version and there were not any indications of niether on the shopping page so it’s not really the film it’s self but more of the advertisement
March 6, 2010
#5
There’s no way a Blu-ray version is going to dramatically improve a 60 yr. old B&W movie.