Emma's Wish

TV Movie
1998
TV-PG
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

240

YOUR RATING

Comedy Drama Fantasy

A lonely retirement home-resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to be young again. The next morning she awakens to discover that she is 40 years old again... Read allA lonely retirement home-resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to be young again. The next morning she awakens to discover that she is 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as housekeeper for her daughter, who does not r... Read allA lonely retirement home-resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to be young again. The next morning she awakens to discover that she is 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as housekeeper for her daughter, who does not recognize her.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

240

YOUR RATING

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Ashley Edner's debut.

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The opening scenes at the amusement park are set in the1960s, but a modern steel-track coaster (painted red) is visible in several shots. Steel-track coasters were not introduced until the mid-1970s and were not common until the 1980s.

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Emma's Wish is a sweet and touching film with Joanna Kerns, Della Reese, and William R. Moses. Joanna Kerns plays a woman whom is turning 75 and wants one wish....to be with her family and be young again. She gets her wish for a month and leaves the retirement home to help her daughter's life that is falling apart. Emma (Kerns) finds time to reconnnect with her young grandchildren, daughter and son in law. Della Reese plays Emma's funny friend at the retirement home...this is a heart warming movie. James Welch Henderson Arkansas 5/5/21.